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 |
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... shall be heard or not , depends more upon the diftin & tnefs and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height at which he pitches his voice . BUT it is an effential qualification of a good speaker , to be able to alter ...
... shall be heard or not , depends more upon the diftin & tnefs and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height at which he pitches his voice . BUT it is an effential qualification of a good speaker , to be able to alter ...
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... deeds , neither use uncom- fortable words , when thou giveft any thing . Shall not the dew affuage the heat ; fo is a word better than a gift . Lo , is not a word better than a gift ? but B 4 CHAP . V. SELECT SENTENCES . 7.
... deeds , neither use uncom- fortable words , when thou giveft any thing . Shall not the dew affuage the heat ; fo is a word better than a gift . Lo , is not a word better than a gift ? but B 4 CHAP . V. SELECT SENTENCES . 7.
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... shall never want ruined villages . THE ftory fays , the Sultan was fo touched with the fable , that he rebuilt the towns and villages which had been de- Atroyed , and from that time forward consulted the good of his people . SPECTATOR ...
... shall never want ruined villages . THE ftory fays , the Sultan was fo touched with the fable , that he rebuilt the towns and villages which had been de- Atroyed , and from that time forward consulted the good of his people . SPECTATOR ...
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... shall only add , that fince the difcarding of the counsellors above- mentioned , Avarice fupplies Luxury in the room of Plenty as Luxury prompts Avarice in the place of Poverty . SPECTATOR . CHA P. IV . PLEASURE AND PAIN . HERE were two ...
... shall only add , that fince the difcarding of the counsellors above- mentioned , Avarice fupplies Luxury in the room of Plenty as Luxury prompts Avarice in the place of Poverty . SPECTATOR . CHA P. IV . PLEASURE AND PAIN . HERE were two ...
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... shall be to make your life easy , and to entertain every sense with its proper gratifications . Sumptuous tables , beds of rofes , clouds of perfumes , concerts of mufic , crowds of beauties , are all in readiness to receive you . Come ...
... shall be to make your life easy , and to entertain every sense with its proper gratifications . Sumptuous tables , beds of rofes , clouds of perfumes , concerts of mufic , crowds of beauties , are all in readiness to receive you . Come ...
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