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. To which is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By W. Enfield, ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - 405 pages |
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Page 187
... See then its idea ; behold it , as collected from the original , natural and univerfal pre - conceptions of all mankind . The Sovereign Good , they have taught us , ought to to be fomething agreeable to our nature ; conducive to CHAP ...
... See then its idea ; behold it , as collected from the original , natural and univerfal pre - conceptions of all mankind . The Sovereign Good , they have taught us , ought to to be fomething agreeable to our nature ; conducive to CHAP ...
Page 188
... Seeing this , he propofed a walk into the fields . The face of Nature , faid he , will perhaps difpel these . glooms . No affiftance on my part , fhall be wanting , you may be affured . I accepted his propofal ; the walk began ; and our ...
... Seeing this , he propofed a walk into the fields . The face of Nature , faid he , will perhaps difpel these . glooms . No affiftance on my part , fhall be wanting , you may be affured . I accepted his propofal ; the walk began ; and our ...
Page 225
... see yourself So well as by reflection ; I , your glass , Will modeftly discover to yourself That of yourself which yet you know not of . - And be not jealous of me , gentle Brutus : Were I a common laugher , or did use To ftale with ...
... see yourself So well as by reflection ; I , your glass , Will modeftly discover to yourself That of yourself which yet you know not of . - And be not jealous of me , gentle Brutus : Were I a common laugher , or did use To ftale with ...
Page 229
... see ; And often , to our comfort , fhall we find The fharded beetle in a fafer hold Than is the full - wing'd eagle . Oh ! this life Is nobler than attending for a check ; Richer , than doing nothing for a bauble ; Prouder , than ...
... see ; And often , to our comfort , fhall we find The fharded beetle in a fafer hold Than is the full - wing'd eagle . Oh ! this life Is nobler than attending for a check ; Richer , than doing nothing for a bauble ; Prouder , than ...
Page 242
... See faction , fafe in low degree , As men at land fee ftorms at fea , And laugh at miferable elves , Not kind , fo much as to themselves , 2 Curs'd Curs'd with fuch fouls of bafe alloy , As can 242 ( Book VII . DESCRIPTIVE PIECES .
... See faction , fafe in low degree , As men at land fee ftorms at fea , And laugh at miferable elves , Not kind , fo much as to themselves , 2 Curs'd Curs'd with fuch fouls of bafe alloy , As can 242 ( Book VII . DESCRIPTIVE PIECES .
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