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Page lvi
But there seems to be no sufficient ground for a rule , which has of late gained
some authority , that a writer , for the sake of diftinctness , should confine himself
to the expression of a single thought in each sentence . It would be easy to show
...
But there seems to be no sufficient ground for a rule , which has of late gained
some authority , that a writer , for the sake of diftinctness , should confine himself
to the expression of a single thought in each sentence . It would be easy to show
...
Page 10
The difference there is betwixt honour and honesty seems to be chiefly in the
motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for
the sake of character . V LE 20 A liar begins with making . falfhood appear like A
...
The difference there is betwixt honour and honesty seems to be chiefly in the
motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for
the sake of character . V LE 20 A liar begins with making . falfhood appear like A
...
Page 13
The chief advantage that ancient writers can boast over modern ones seems
owing to fimplicity . Every noble truth and sentiment was expressed by the former
in a natural man . ner , in word and phrafe fimple , perspicuous , and incapable of
...
The chief advantage that ancient writers can boast over modern ones seems
owing to fimplicity . Every noble truth and sentiment was expressed by the former
in a natural man . ner , in word and phrafe fimple , perspicuous , and incapable of
...
Page 15
Friends now fast sworn , , Whose double bosoms seem to wear one heart ,
Whose hours , whose bed , whose meal and exercise Are still together ; who
twine ( as ' twere ) in love Inseparable ; shall within this hour , On a dissension of
a doit ...
Friends now fast sworn , , Whose double bosoms seem to wear one heart ,
Whose hours , whose bed , whose meal and exercise Are still together ; who
twine ( as ' twere ) in love Inseparable ; shall within this hour , On a dissension of
a doit ...
Page 16
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard , It seems to me most strange that men
should fear ; Seeing that death , a necessary end , Will come , when it will come ..
M 10 There is some foul of goodness in things evil ,, Would men observingly distil
...
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard , It seems to me most strange that men
should fear ; Seeing that death , a necessary end , Will come , when it will come ..
M 10 There is some foul of goodness in things evil ,, Would men observingly distil
...
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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, 1792 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 13 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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