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 26
... against all gloomy prefages and terrors of mind ; and that is , by fe- curing to ourselves the friendship and protection of that Being who difpofes of events , and governs futurity . Philofophy is then only valuable , when it ferves for ...
... against all gloomy prefages and terrors of mind ; and that is , by fe- curing to ourselves the friendship and protection of that Being who difpofes of events , and governs futurity . Philofophy is then only valuable , when it ferves for ...
Pagina 43
... against each other : the name of the first was Luxury , and of the second Avarice . The aim of each of them was no less than universal monarchy over the hearts of mankind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great fervice ...
... against each other : the name of the first was Luxury , and of the second Avarice . The aim of each of them was no less than universal monarchy over the hearts of mankind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great fervice ...
Pagina 44
... against want , and confequently un- dermining those principles on which the government of Avarice was founded . At laft , in order to an accommoda- tion , they agreed upon this preliminary , that each of them fhould immediately difmifs ...
... against want , and confequently un- dermining those principles on which the government of Avarice was founded . At laft , in order to an accommoda- tion , they agreed upon this preliminary , that each of them fhould immediately difmifs ...
Pagina 55
... against his condition with great firmness ; wishing to preserve and ftill fhew to the world fome little fragments of what his ancestors had been - their indifcre- tion had put it out of his power . There was enough left for the little ...
... against his condition with great firmness ; wishing to preserve and ftill fhew to the world fome little fragments of what his ancestors had been - their indifcre- tion had put it out of his power . There was enough left for the little ...
Pagina 67
... against his Cornish lands they roar , And two rich fhipwrecks Blefs the lucky fhore . Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , Fle takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : " Live like yourfelf , " was foon my lady's word ...
... against his Cornish lands they roar , And two rich fhipwrecks Blefs the lucky fhore . Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , Fle takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : " Live like yourfelf , " was foon my lady's word ...
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