The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Very 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 ElocutionW. Borrowdale, 1808 - 412 pagina's |
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Pagina 29
... such as have no perfonal merit , are at best but the royal stamp set upon base metal . Though an honourable title may be conveyed to pofte- sity , yet the ennobling qualities which are the foul of great- nefs , are a fort of ...
... such as have no perfonal merit , are at best but the royal stamp set upon base metal . Though an honourable title may be conveyed to pofte- sity , yet the ennobling qualities which are the foul of great- nefs , are a fort of ...
Pagina 51
... such appetites as nature never planted . You never heard the moft delicious mufic , which is the praife of one's felf ; nor faw the most beautiful object , which is the work of one's own hands . Your votaries pafs away their youth in a ...
... such appetites as nature never planted . You never heard the moft delicious mufic , which is the praife of one's felf ; nor faw the most beautiful object , which is the work of one's own hands . Your votaries pafs away their youth in a ...
Pagina 66
... Such fkill and judgment thrown away , The time profufely fquandered there , On vulgar arts beneath thy care , If well employ'd , at less expence , Had taught thee honour , virtue , fenfe ; And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To ...
... Such fkill and judgment thrown away , The time profufely fquandered there , On vulgar arts beneath thy care , If well employ'd , at less expence , Had taught thee honour , virtue , fenfe ; And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To ...
Pagina 68
... Such orient colour fmiles thro ' Heav'n When May's fweet mornings break , Nor let the pride of great ones fcorn This charmer of the plains ; POPE . That fun which bids their di'mond blaze To deck our 68 BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES .
... Such orient colour fmiles thro ' Heav'n When May's fweet mornings break , Nor let the pride of great ones fcorn This charmer of the plains ; POPE . That fun which bids their di'mond blaze To deck our 68 BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES .
Pagina 80
... such a man ; —she thank'd Me , and bade me , if I had a friend that lov'd her , I should but teach him how to tell my ftory , And that would woo her . On this hint I spake ; She lov'd me for the dangers I had past , And I lov'd her that ...
... such a man ; —she thank'd Me , and bade me , if I had a friend that lov'd her , I should but teach him how to tell my ftory , And that would woo her . On this hint I spake ; She lov'd me for the dangers I had past , And I lov'd her that ...
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