Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842. Excerpt: ... any breach (1) in the established law. Nothing, however, was capable of persuading his brother to accept the crown. There was a glorious contest between the two princes; and as they perceived that the dispute would be endless, they retired (2) from court: thus, each having conquered and been vanquished, they went to end their days together in a peaceful solitude, and left the kingdom to their other brother. PARENTAL AFFECTION. Hie heart of a mother is Nature's master-piece. 11. Cornelia, the illustrious mother of the Gracchi (3), after the death of her husband, who left her twelve children, applied herself to (4) the care of her family, with a wisdom and prudence (1) To redress a breach in the law, faire justice d'une infraction a la loi. (2) To retire, se retirer. (3) The Gracchi, les Gracques. (4) To apply one's self to, se vouer a. that acquired her universal esteem. Only three out of (1) the twelve lived to years of maturity (2); one daughter, Sempronia, whom she married to the second Scipio Africanus; and two sons, Tiberius and Caius, whom she brought up (3) with so much care, that, though they were generally acknowledged to have been born (4) with the most happy dispositions, it was judged that they were still more indebted to (5) education than to nature. The answer she gave (6) a Campanian lady concerning them (7) is very famous, and includes in it great instruction for ladies and mothers. That lady, who was very rich, and fond of pomp and show (6), after having, in a visit she made her, displayed her diamonds, pearls, and (1) Out of, d'entre. (2) Years of maturity, Page mur (8) To bring up. elever. (4) To have been born, pour etre ne. (5) Indebted, redevable. (6) The answer she gave, la reponse qu'eilefit (7) Concerning them, a leur sujet. (8) To...
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