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 36
... SHALL find , ( faid he ) fome other way to get it off . " WHEN the Marquis had faid this , he returned his fword into its fcabbard , made a bow to the guardian of it — and , with his wife and daughter , and his two fons following him ...
... SHALL find , ( faid he ) fome other way to get it off . " WHEN the Marquis had faid this , he returned his fword into its fcabbard , made a bow to the guardian of it — and , with his wife and daughter , and his two fons following him ...
Page 62
... SHALL endeavour therefore in this effay to restore these words to their true meaning , to prevent the idea of Modesty from being confounded with that of Sheepishness , and to hinder Impudence from paffing for Affurance . IF I was put to ...
... SHALL endeavour therefore in this effay to restore these words to their true meaning , to prevent the idea of Modesty from being confounded with that of Sheepishness , and to hinder Impudence from paffing for Affurance . IF I was put to ...
Page 64
... SHALL conclude with observing , that as the fame man may be both modeft and assured ; fo it is also poffible for the fame person to be both impudent and bashful . WE have frequent inftances of this odd kind of mixture in people of ...
... SHALL conclude with observing , that as the fame man may be both modeft and assured ; fo it is also poffible for the fame person to be both impudent and bashful . WE have frequent inftances of this odd kind of mixture in people of ...
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... SHALL Conclude this head with the defcription of ho- nour in the parting of young Juba . Honour's a facred tie , the law of kings , The noble mind's diftinguishing perfection , That aids and strengthens Virtue when it meets her , And ...
... SHALL Conclude this head with the defcription of ho- nour in the parting of young Juba . Honour's a facred tie , the law of kings , The noble mind's diftinguishing perfection , That aids and strengthens Virtue when it meets her , And ...
Page 78
... shall find mankind ready to pay homage to their knowledge , and to crowd about them for inftruction . They therefore tep out from their cells into the open world , with all the confidence confidence of authority and dignity of ...
... shall find mankind ready to pay homage to their knowledge , and to crowd about them for inftruction . They therefore tep out from their cells into the open world , with all the confidence confidence of authority and dignity of ...
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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