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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 18
Page 6
... said , were I Alexander I would accept them . So would I , replied Alexander , were I Parmenio . NOBILITY is to be confidered only as an imaginary dif- tinction , unless accompanied with the practice of thofe ge- nerous virtues by which ...
... said , were I Alexander I would accept them . So would I , replied Alexander , were I Parmenio . NOBILITY is to be confidered only as an imaginary dif- tinction , unless accompanied with the practice of thofe ge- nerous virtues by which ...
Page 20
... said the Dervise , a house that changes its inhabitants fo often , and receives fuch a perpetual fucceffion of guefts , is not a palace , but a caravanfary . · SPECTATOR CHAP . II . TURKISH TALE . WE are told that the Sultan Mahmoud ...
... said the Dervise , a house that changes its inhabitants fo often , and receives fuch a perpetual fucceffion of guefts , is not a palace , but a caravanfary . · SPECTATOR CHAP . II . TURKISH TALE . WE are told that the Sultan Mahmoud ...
Page 29
... said she , Hercules , by her own confef- fion , the way to her pleasures is long and difficult , whereas that which I propose is short and easy . Alas ! faid the other lady , whose visage glowed with paffion made up of fcorn and pity ...
... said she , Hercules , by her own confef- fion , the way to her pleasures is long and difficult , whereas that which I propose is short and easy . Alas ! faid the other lady , whose visage glowed with paffion made up of fcorn and pity ...
Page 37
... said the young man— but who has taught her to play it — or how she came by her pipe , no one knows ; we think that Heaven has affifted her in both ; for ever fince she has been unsettled in her mind , it seems her only confolation - fhe ...
... said the young man— but who has taught her to play it — or how she came by her pipe , no one knows ; we think that Heaven has affifted her in both ; for ever fince she has been unsettled in her mind , it seems her only confolation - fhe ...
Page 39
... said she . I looked in Maria's eyes , and faw fhe was thinking more of her father than of her lover or her little goat ; for as fhe uttered them , the tears trickled down her cheeks . I SAT down close by her ; and Maria let me wipe them ...
... said she . I looked in Maria's eyes , and faw fhe was thinking more of her father than of her lover or her little goat ; for as fhe uttered them , the tears trickled down her cheeks . I SAT down close by her ; and Maria let me wipe them ...
Other editions - View all
The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ... No preview available - 2020 |
The Speaker, Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected From the Best English Writers ... William Enfield No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
affurance againſt Balaam becauſe beſt bofom breaft buſineſs cauſe CHAP cloſe confequence confidered converfation Dæmons defire diſtinguiſhed elocution emphafis exerciſe expreffion exprefs fafe faid fame feem fenfe fentence fentiment ferve fhall fhew fhould firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fure genius happineſs heart heaven herſelf himſelf honour houſe intereft itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs meaſures mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never o'er obferving occafion ourſelves paffion pafs pain paufe perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent purpoſe racters raiſe reading reafon refpect reft ſaid Scythians ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpeaker ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte Theana thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro underſtand uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wife wiſdom words writing yourſelf