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 58
... last night , round as my fhield , Had not yet fill'd her horns , when , by her light , A band of fierce barbarians , from the hills , Rush'd like a torrent down upon the vale , Sweeping our flocks and herds . The fhepherds fled For ...
... last night , round as my fhield , Had not yet fill'd her horns , when , by her light , A band of fierce barbarians , from the hills , Rush'd like a torrent down upon the vale , Sweeping our flocks and herds . The fhepherds fled For ...
Page 69
... last longeft . The arts of deceit and cunning continually grow weaker and lefs effectual and ferviceable to thofe that practife them ; whereas integrity gains ftrength by ufe , and the more and longer any man practiseth it , the greater ...
... last longeft . The arts of deceit and cunning continually grow weaker and lefs effectual and ferviceable to thofe that practife them ; whereas integrity gains ftrength by ufe , and the more and longer any man practiseth it , the greater ...
Page 71
... last . TILLOTSON . CHAP . IV . ON HONOUR . EVERY principle that is a motive to good , actions ought to be encouraged , fince men are of fo different a make , that the fame principle does not work equally upon all minds . What some men ...
... last . TILLOTSON . CHAP . IV . ON HONOUR . EVERY principle that is a motive to good , actions ought to be encouraged , fince men are of fo different a make , that the fame principle does not work equally upon all minds . What some men ...
Page 78
... last perfection to human abilities , are furprifed to fee men wrinkled with study , yet wanting to be inftructed in the minute circumstances of propriety , or the neceffary forms of daily tranfaction ; and quickly shake off their ...
... last perfection to human abilities , are furprifed to fee men wrinkled with study , yet wanting to be inftructed in the minute circumstances of propriety , or the neceffary forms of daily tranfaction ; and quickly shake off their ...
Page 111
... last , And fhuts the fcene . Ah ! whither now are fled Thofe dreams of greatness ? thofe unfolid hopes Of happiness ? thofe longings after fame ? Those restless cares ? those busy bustling days ? Thofe gay - fpent feftive nights ? thofe ...
... last , And fhuts the fcene . Ah ! whither now are fled Thofe dreams of greatness ? thofe unfolid hopes Of happiness ? thofe longings after fame ? Those restless cares ? those busy bustling days ? Thofe gay - fpent feftive nights ? thofe ...
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