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 27
... state of life he fhould choose , he faw two women of a larger ftature than ordinary approaching towards him . One of them hàd a very noble air , and graceful deportment ; her beauty was natural and eafy , her perfon clean and unfpotted ...
... state of life he fhould choose , he faw two women of a larger ftature than ordinary approaching towards him . One of them hàd a very noble air , and graceful deportment ; her beauty was natural and eafy , her perfon clean and unfpotted ...
Page 45
... thee honour , virtue , fenfe ,. And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To govern men , and guide the state . " WHITEHEAD . CHAP . CHAP . XIV . SIR BALAAM WHERE London's column pointing CHAP . XIII . ) NARRATIVE PIECES . 45.
... thee honour , virtue , fenfe ,. And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To govern men , and guide the state . " WHITEHEAD . CHAP . CHAP . XIV . SIR BALAAM WHERE London's column pointing CHAP . XIII . ) NARRATIVE PIECES . 45.
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... state of probation , and as filled with a certain triumph and infolence of heart that is inconsistent with a life which is every moment obnoxious to the greatest dangers . Writers of this complexion have obferved , that the facred ...
... state of probation , and as filled with a certain triumph and infolence of heart that is inconsistent with a life which is every moment obnoxious to the greatest dangers . Writers of this complexion have obferved , that the facred ...
Page 66
... difpenfations . It is a kind of acquiefcence in the state wherein we are placed , and a secret approbation of the Divine Will in his conduct towards man . A MAN A MAN , who uses his best endeavours to live 66 BOOK III . DIDACTIC PIECES .
... difpenfations . It is a kind of acquiefcence in the state wherein we are placed , and a secret approbation of the Divine Will in his conduct towards man . A MAN A MAN , who uses his best endeavours to live 66 BOOK III . DIDACTIC PIECES .
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... State . Such is the world's great harmony , that fprings- From Order , Union , full Confent of things : Where small and great , where weak and mighty , made To ferve , not fuffer - ftrengthen , not invade ; More pow'rful each as needful ...
... State . Such is the world's great harmony , that fprings- From Order , Union , full Confent of things : Where small and great , where weak and mighty , made To ferve , not fuffer - ftrengthen , not invade ; More pow'rful each as needful ...
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