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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... Praise of Virtue XIII . The Speech of Brutus on the Death of Cæfar XIV . Gloucefter's Speech to the Nobles BOOK VI . DIALOGUES . I. On Happinefs II . The Same Subject III . On Criticifm IV . On Negroes V. Rivers and Sir Harry VI . Sir ...
... Praise of Virtue XIII . The Speech of Brutus on the Death of Cæfar XIV . Gloucefter's Speech to the Nobles BOOK VI . DIALOGUES . I. On Happinefs II . The Same Subject III . On Criticifm IV . On Negroes V. Rivers and Sir Harry VI . Sir ...
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... praise and transport to his breaft . At length quite vain , he needs would fhew His mafter what his art could do ; And bade his flaves the chariot lead To Academus ' facred shade . The trembling grove confefs'd its fright , The wood ...
... praise and transport to his breaft . At length quite vain , he needs would fhew His mafter what his art could do ; And bade his flaves the chariot lead To Academus ' facred shade . The trembling grove confefs'd its fright , The wood ...
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... praise from me , ( and figh'd ) With indignation I furvey Such skill and judgment thrown a way , The time profufely fquander'd there , On vulgar arts beneath thy care , If well employ'd , at less expence , Had taught thee honour ...
... praise from me , ( and figh'd ) With indignation I furvey Such skill and judgment thrown a way , The time profufely fquander'd there , On vulgar arts beneath thy care , If well employ'd , at less expence , Had taught thee honour ...
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... praise , He taught him virtue , and he taught him truth , And fent him early to a public school . Here as it feem'd ( but he had none to blame ) Virtue forfook him , and habitual vice Grew in her ftead . He laugh'd at honefty , Became a ...
... praise , He taught him virtue , and he taught him truth , And fent him early to a public school . Here as it feem'd ( but he had none to blame ) Virtue forfook him , and habitual vice Grew in her ftead . He laugh'd at honefty , Became a ...
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... an implicit praise and thanksgiving to Providence under all its difpenfations . It is a kind of acquiefcence in the ftate E 5 wherein wherein we are placed , and a fecret approbation of CHAP . II . DIDACTIC PIECES . 81.
... an implicit praise and thanksgiving to Providence under all its difpenfations . It is a kind of acquiefcence in the ftate E 5 wherein wherein we are placed , and a fecret approbation of CHAP . II . DIDACTIC PIECES . 81.
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