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Page 74
Here as it seem'd ( but he had none to blame ) Virtue forsook him , and habitual
vice Grew in her stead . He laugh'd at honesty , Became a sceptic , and could
raise a doubt E'en of his father's truth . ' Twas idly done To tell him of another
world ...
Here as it seem'd ( but he had none to blame ) Virtue forsook him , and habitual
vice Grew in her stead . He laugh'd at honesty , Became a sceptic , and could
raise a doubt E'en of his father's truth . ' Twas idly done To tell him of another
world ...
Page 118
... whom fober Sense conducts , And Virtue , thro * this labyrinth we tread , Virtue
and Sense I mean not to disjoin ; Virtue and Sense are one : and , trust me , he
Who has not virtue is not truly wise Virtue ( for mere Good - nature is a fool ) Is ...
... whom fober Sense conducts , And Virtue , thro * this labyrinth we tread , Virtue
and Sense I mean not to disjoin ; Virtue and Sense are one : and , trust me , he
Who has not virtue is not truly wise Virtue ( for mere Good - nature is a fool ) Is ...
Page 123
A lay like this thy early Virtues claim , And this let voluntary Friendship pay . Yet
know , the time arrives , the dangerous time , When all those Virtues , opening
now so fair , Transplanted to the world's tempestuous clime , Must learn each ...
A lay like this thy early Virtues claim , And this let voluntary Friendship pay . Yet
know , the time arrives , the dangerous time , When all those Virtues , opening
now so fair , Transplanted to the world's tempestuous clime , Must learn each ...
Page 194
IN PRAISE OF VIRTUE V IRTUE is of intrinsic value and good desert , and of
indispensable obligation ; not the creature of will , but necessary and immutable :
not local or temporary , but of equal extent and antiquity with the DIVINE MIND ;
not ...
IN PRAISE OF VIRTUE V IRTUE is of intrinsic value and good desert , and of
indispensable obligation ; not the creature of will , but necessary and immutable :
not local or temporary , but of equal extent and antiquity with the DIVINE MIND ;
not ...
Page 362
The pomps and pleasures that his soul can wish , , His rigid virtue will accept of
none . ... there's not an African That traverses our vaft Numidian deserts In quest
of prey , and lives upon his bow , But better practises these boasted virtues .
The pomps and pleasures that his soul can wish , , His rigid virtue will accept of
none . ... there's not an African That traverses our vaft Numidian deserts In quest
of prey , and lives upon his bow , But better practises these boasted virtues .
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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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