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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... heart : heat the foup .. -Thefe and other fimilar faults may be corrected , by daily reading fentences fo contrived , as frequently to repeat the founds which are incorrectly uttered ; and especially , by remarking them whenever they ...
... heart : heat the foup .. -Thefe and other fimilar faults may be corrected , by daily reading fentences fo contrived , as frequently to repeat the founds which are incorrectly uttered ; and especially , by remarking them whenever they ...
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... heart . Satire , in the mean time , provides entertainment for those who are difpofed to laugh at folly , or indulge an honeft indignation against vice , in the fmile of Horace , the grin of Lucian , and the frown of Juvenal . So rich ...
... heart . Satire , in the mean time , provides entertainment for those who are difpofed to laugh at folly , or indulge an honeft indignation against vice , in the fmile of Horace , the grin of Lucian , and the frown of Juvenal . So rich ...
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... affection and paffion of the heart . Whatever is grand or beautiful in nature ; whatever is noble , lovely , or fingular in character ; whatever is fur- prifing મ prifing or affecting in fituation , is by the WORKS OF TASTE . xli.
... affection and paffion of the heart . Whatever is grand or beautiful in nature ; whatever is noble , lovely , or fingular in character ; whatever is fur- prifing મ prifing or affecting in fituation , is by the WORKS OF TASTE . xli.
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... heart with the right feelings , or to afford innocent and rational amufement , may be pronounced ufeful . All beyond this is either trifling or pernicious . No ftrength of genius , or vivacity of wit , can dignify folly , or excufe ...
... heart with the right feelings , or to afford innocent and rational amufement , may be pronounced ufeful . All beyond this is either trifling or pernicious . No ftrength of genius , or vivacity of wit , can dignify folly , or excufe ...
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... the understanding , the study of polite literature cultivates the tafte , and improves the heart ; and both unite , to form the Accomplished and Happy Man . BOOK BOOK I SELECT SENTENCES . T CHAP . I. O 1x ON READING , & c .
... the understanding , the study of polite literature cultivates the tafte , and improves the heart ; and both unite , to form the Accomplished and Happy Man . BOOK BOOK I SELECT SENTENCES . T CHAP . I. O 1x ON READING , & c .
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