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Page iv
... her spirit to sustain, And light up glory thro' her wide domain : Their various
tastes in different arts display'd, Like temper'd harmony of light and shade, With
friendly union in one mass shall blend, And this adorn the state, and that defend.
... her spirit to sustain, And light up glory thro' her wide domain : Their various
tastes in different arts display'd, Like temper'd harmony of light and shade, With
friendly union in one mass shall blend, And this adorn the state, and that defend.
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... perform in any other light, than as a trial of skill, and a display of oratory. Hence
it is, that the chara&ter of an Orator has of late often been treated with ridicule,
sometimes with contempt. We are pleased with the easy and graceful movements
...
... perform in any other light, than as a trial of skill, and a display of oratory. Hence
it is, that the chara&ter of an Orator has of late often been treated with ridicule,
sometimes with contempt. We are pleased with the easy and graceful movements
...
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... to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. HEAven
doth with us, as we with torches do, - - Net ~ ! Not light them for themselves: for if
our virtues Did. In corporeal sufferance, feels a pang as great, As when a giant
dies.
... to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. HEAven
doth with us, as we with torches do, - - Net ~ ! Not light them for themselves: for if
our virtues Did. In corporeal sufferance, feels a pang as great, As when a giant
dies.
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Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues Did go forth of us, 'twere all alike
As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues: nor nature
never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess,
she ...
Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues Did go forth of us, 'twere all alike
As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues: nor nature
never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess,
she ...
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THERE were two families, which from the beginning of the world were as
opposite to each other as light and darkoness. The one of them lived in heaven,
and the other in hell. The youngest descendant of the first family was Pleasure,
who was ...
THERE were two families, which from the beginning of the world were as
opposite to each other as light and darkoness. The one of them lived in heaven,
and the other in hell. The youngest descendant of the first family was Pleasure,
who was ...
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| Title | The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By W. Enfield, ... |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Publisher | A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2016 |
| Length | 405 pages |
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