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Page 73
... bray , Or be it not , or be it whose it may , And rush those other sounds , that
seem by tongues Of dæmons utter'd , from whatever lungs , Sounds are but
sounds , and till the cause appear , We have at least commodious standing here
?
... bray , Or be it not , or be it whose it may , And rush those other sounds , that
seem by tongues Of dæmons utter'd , from whatever lungs , Sounds are but
sounds , and till the cause appear , We have at least commodious standing here
?
Page 105
Pride ftill is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be
Gods , Aspiring to be Gods , if Angels fell , Aspiring to be Angels , Men rebel ; And
who but wishes to invert the laws , Of Order , fins against th ' Eternal Cause .
Pride ftill is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be
Gods , Aspiring to be Gods , if Angels fell , Aspiring to be Angels , Men rebel ; And
who but wishes to invert the laws , Of Order , fins against th ' Eternal Cause .
Page 147
But if there be a better good , such a good as we are feeking ; like every other
thing , it must be derived from some cause ; and that cause must be either
external , internal , or mixed , in as much as except these three , there is no other
possible ...
But if there be a better good , such a good as we are feeking ; like every other
thing , it must be derived from some cause ; and that cause must be either
external , internal , or mixed , in as much as except these three , there is no other
possible ...
Page 376
Go to your darling people , then ; for foon , If I mistake not ; ' t will be needful ; try
Their boasted zeal , and see if one of them Will dare to lift his arm up in your
cause , If I forbid them . Edw . Is it so my lord ? Then mark my words : I've been
your ...
Go to your darling people , then ; for foon , If I mistake not ; ' t will be needful ; try
Their boasted zeal , and see if one of them Will dare to lift his arm up in your
cause , If I forbid them . Edw . Is it so my lord ? Then mark my words : I've been
your ...
Page 405
You all did love him once , not without cause , What cause with - holds you then
to mourn for him ! judgment ! thou art fled to brutish beasts , And men have lost
their reason . - Bear with me.My heart is in the coffin there with Cæsar , And I
must ...
You all did love him once , not without cause , What cause with - holds you then
to mourn for him ! judgment ! thou art fled to brutish beasts , And men have lost
their reason . - Bear with me.My heart is in the coffin there with Cæsar , And I
must ...
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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 |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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