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Slavery Darwin BOOK IV . ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES I. On Anger Hillund II .
Virtue our highest Interest Harris 144 III . The same Subject Ibid . 146 IV . On the
Immortality of the Soul Spectator 147 V. On the Being of a God Young 150 7 4 51
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Slavery Darwin BOOK IV . ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES I. On Anger Hillund II .
Virtue our highest Interest Harris 144 III . The same Subject Ibid . 146 IV . On the
Immortality of the Soul Spectator 147 V. On the Being of a God Young 150 7 4 51
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These are the speakers , who , in Shakspeare's phrase , “ offend the judicious
hearer to the soul , by tearing a passion to rags , to very tatters , to split the ears of
the groundlings . ” Cicero compares such speakers to cripples who get on horse
...
These are the speakers , who , in Shakspeare's phrase , “ offend the judicious
hearer to the soul , by tearing a passion to rags , to very tatters , to split the ears of
the groundlings . ” Cicero compares such speakers to cripples who get on horse
...
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... fright the soul . rd eo of he er ly 1e Sy 11 52 Emphasis is often destroyed by an
injudicious atteinpt to read melodiously . In reading verse , this fault fometimes
arises from a false notion of the necessity of preserving an alternate succession
of ...
... fright the soul . rd eo of he er ly 1e Sy 11 52 Emphasis is often destroyed by an
injudicious atteinpt to read melodiously . In reading verse , this fault fometimes
arises from a false notion of the necessity of preserving an alternate succession
of ...
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... glides briskly through the bowers of love and joy in the sportive lays of
Anacreon , by turns afonishes , fooths , and delights . Elegy , through the soft and
plaintive notes of Bion or Tibullus , melts the soul in pleasing sympathy : whilft
Pastoral ...
... glides briskly through the bowers of love and joy in the sportive lays of
Anacreon , by turns afonishes , fooths , and delights . Elegy , through the soft and
plaintive notes of Bion or Tibullus , melts the soul in pleasing sympathy : whilft
Pastoral ...
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There is but one way of fortifying the soul against all gloomy prefages and terrors
of mind ; and that is , by fecuring to ourselves the friendship and protection of that
Being who disposes of events , and governs futurity . PHILOSOPHY is then ...
There is but one way of fortifying the soul against all gloomy prefages and terrors
of mind ; and that is , by fecuring to ourselves the friendship and protection of that
Being who disposes of events , and governs futurity . PHILOSOPHY is then ...
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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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