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 86
... thee , my dear friend , as to make thee heartily fick of it ,, and of thy life too . REVENGE , from fome baneful corner , fhall level a tale of dishonour at thee , which no innocence of heart or integrity of conduct shall fet right ...
... thee , my dear friend , as to make thee heartily fick of it ,, and of thy life too . REVENGE , from fome baneful corner , fhall level a tale of dishonour at thee , which no innocence of heart or integrity of conduct shall fet right ...
Page 88
... ; with trembling pinions foar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore . What What future blifs , he gives not thee to know 88 ( Book III . DIDACTIC PIECES . The Country Clergyman Page Page Antony's Funeral Oration over Cæfar's Page.
... ; with trembling pinions foar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore . What What future blifs , he gives not thee to know 88 ( Book III . DIDACTIC PIECES . The Country Clergyman Page Page Antony's Funeral Oration over Cæfar's Page.
Page 89
... thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy bleffing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast ; Man never IS , but always TO be bleft : The foul , uneafy and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the ...
... thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy bleffing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast ; Man never IS , but always TO be bleft : The foul , uneafy and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the ...
Page 90
... thee , From thee to nothing . - On fuperior pow're Were we to prefs , inferior might on ours : Or in the full creation leave a void , Where , one step broken , the great fcale's deftroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you ftrike ...
... thee , From thee to nothing . - On fuperior pow're Were we to prefs , inferior might on ours : Or in the full creation leave a void , Where , one step broken , the great fcale's deftroy'd : From Nature's chain whatever link you ftrike ...
Page 91
... thee , Vile worm ! -Oh Madness ! Pride ! Impiety ! What if the foot , ordain'd the duft to tread , Or hand , to toil , afpir'd to be the head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft ...
... thee , Vile worm ! -Oh Madness ! Pride ! Impiety ! What if the foot , ordain'd the duft to tread , Or hand , to toil , afpir'd to be the head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft ...
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