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 144
... standing up in defence of what I have myself done . Obferve , now , my countrymen , the injustice of the Patricians : They arrogate to themselves honours on account of the exploits done by their forefathers , whilst they will not allow ...
... standing up in defence of what I have myself done . Obferve , now , my countrymen , the injustice of the Patricians : They arrogate to themselves honours on account of the exploits done by their forefathers , whilst they will not allow ...
Page 158
... stand- ing army of any kind : to me it is a terrible thing , whe- ther under that of parliamentary or any other defignation ; a standing army is still a standing army , whatever name it be called by ; they are a body of men diftinct ...
... stand- ing army of any kind : to me it is a terrible thing , whe- ther under that of parliamentary or any other defignation ; a standing army is still a standing army , whatever name it be called by ; they are a body of men diftinct ...
Page 160
... standing army in the country . Armies , Sir ,. have no regard to hereditary fucceffions . The first two Cafars at Rome did pretty well , and found means to keep their armies in tolerable subjection , because the generals and officers ...
... standing army in the country . Armies , Sir ,. have no regard to hereditary fucceffions . The first two Cafars at Rome did pretty well , and found means to keep their armies in tolerable subjection , because the generals and officers ...
Page 179
... stands firft in the estimation of the Deity ; its original is his nature ; and it is the very object that makes him lovely . SUCH is the importance of Virtue . Of what confe- quence , therefore , is it that we practise it ? -There is no ...
... stands firft in the estimation of the Deity ; its original is his nature ; and it is the very object that makes him lovely . SUCH is the importance of Virtue . Of what confe- quence , therefore , is it that we practise it ? -There is no ...
Page 221
... Stand dumb , and speak not to him . This to me In dreadful fecrecy impart they did , And I with them the third night kept the watch : Where , as they had deliver'd both in time , Form of the thing , each word made true and good , M 2 ...
... Stand dumb , and speak not to him . This to me In dreadful fecrecy impart they did , And I with them the third night kept the watch : Where , as they had deliver'd both in time , Form of the thing , each word made true and good , M 2 ...
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affurance againſt army Balaam becauſe beſt bofom breaft Brutus Cæfar cauſe CHAP confider dæmons defire eternal fafe faid fame father fecure feems fenfe ferve fervice fhall fhew fide fince firft firſt fmile fome fomething fool foon foul fpeaking ftate ftill fubject fuch fure happineſs happy hath heart Heav'n himſelf honour houſe intereft itſelf juft juſt king laft laſt lefs lord meaſures mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never o'er obferve occafion ourſelves paffion pafs pain perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffible poor pow'r praiſe prefent raiſe reaſon reft rife ſay Scythians ſee ſhall ſhe ſhould SIR JOHN ſmall ſpeak ſpirit ſpreads ſtand ſtate ſtep STERL ſtill ſuch Syphax tears thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro uncle Toby uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom yourſelf youth