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 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 100
Page 53
... thou ftranger to offence , " And inward ftorm ! HE , who yon fkies involves " In frowns of darkness , ever smiles on thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the fecret fhaft " That waftes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour " Of noon ...
... thou ftranger to offence , " And inward ftorm ! HE , who yon fkies involves " In frowns of darkness , ever smiles on thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the fecret fhaft " That waftes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour " Of noon ...
Page 56
... thou Po ! Swift fail'd the Po , and happy breezes blew . In Bifcay's ftormy feas an armed fhip , Of force fuperior , from loud Charente's wave Clapt them on board . The frighted flying crew Their colours ftrike ; when dauntless Junio ...
... thou Po ! Swift fail'd the Po , and happy breezes blew . In Bifcay's ftormy feas an armed fhip , Of force fuperior , from loud Charente's wave Clapt them on board . The frighted flying crew Their colours ftrike ; when dauntless Junio ...
Page 79
... thou- fand vexations which fret away happiness , and which no- thing is required to remove but a little dexterity of conduct and readiness of expedients . A 4 No degree of knowledge , attainable by man , is able to fet him above the ...
... thou- fand vexations which fret away happiness , and which no- thing is required to remove but a little dexterity of conduct and readiness of expedients . A 4 No degree of knowledge , attainable by man , is able to fet him above the ...
Page 85
... thou vieweft him in that light too , and reckoneft upon his friends , his family , his kindred and allies , and muftereft up with them the many recruits which will lift under him F 6 from from a sense of common danger ; ' tis no CHAP ...
... thou vieweft him in that light too , and reckoneft upon his friends , his family , his kindred and allies , and muftereft up with them the many recruits which will lift under him F 6 from from a sense of common danger ; ' tis no CHAP ...
Page 86
... thou haft got an hundred enemies ; and , till thou haft gone on , and raised a fwarm of wafps about thine ears , and art half stung to death by them , thou wilt never be convinced it is fo . I CANNOT fufpect it in the man whom I efteem ...
... thou haft got an hundred enemies ; and , till thou haft gone on , and raised a fwarm of wafps about thine ears , and art half stung to death by them , thou wilt never be convinced it is fo . I CANNOT fufpect it in the man whom I efteem ...
Contents
79 | |
87 | |
88 | |
97 | |
107 | |
113 | |
119 | |
136 | |
145 | |
158 | |
168 | |
179 | |
210 | |
291 | |
297 | |
309 | |
324 | |
332 | |
351 | |
357 | |
366 | |
372 | |
379 | |
389 | |
395 | |
401 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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