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 128
... equal attention , worthy of our utmost care and pains , to obtain that immoveable tranquillity of mind , with- out which we cannot relish either life itself , or any of its en- joyments ? -Upon the whole then , we both may and ought ...
... equal attention , worthy of our utmost care and pains , to obtain that immoveable tranquillity of mind , with- out which we cannot relish either life itself , or any of its en- joyments ? -Upon the whole then , we both may and ought ...
Page 142
... trepida- tion and inexperience , have recourse to some inferior com- mander , for direction in difficulties , to which he was not himfelf 1 { himfelf equal ? Thus , your Patrician general 142 ( Book V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES .
... trepida- tion and inexperience , have recourse to some inferior com- mander , for direction in difficulties , to which he was not himfelf 1 { himfelf equal ? Thus , your Patrician general 142 ( Book V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES .
Page 143
... equal ? Thus , your Patrician general would , in fact , have a general over him ; fo that the acting commander would ftill be a Plebeian . So true is this , my country men , that I myself have known those , who have been chosen con ...
... equal ? Thus , your Patrician general would , in fact , have a general over him ; fo that the acting commander would ftill be a Plebeian . So true is this , my country men , that I myself have known those , who have been chosen con ...
Page 146
... equal to . From Europe you reach Afia : from Afia you lay hold on Europe . And if you should conquer all mankind , you seem difpofed to wage war with woods and fnows , with rivers and wild beafts , and to attempt to fubdue Nature . But ...
... equal to . From Europe you reach Afia : from Afia you lay hold on Europe . And if you should conquer all mankind , you seem difpofed to wage war with woods and fnows , with rivers and wild beafts , and to attempt to fubdue Nature . But ...
Page 148
... at war are on an equal footing . But it is in vain , that confidence is repofed in a conquered people . There can be no fincere you friendship 凡 2 Roa atch- pro andis us fa vhen god 148 ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . ` ( Book V.
... at war are on an equal footing . But it is in vain , that confidence is repofed in a conquered people . There can be no fincere you friendship 凡 2 Roa atch- pro andis us fa vhen god 148 ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . ` ( Book V.
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