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 28
... give a man occafion to blush at his own ignorance in one thing , who may perhaps excel us . in many . No object is more pleafing to the eye , than the fight of a man whom you have obliged ; nor any mufic so agree- able to the ear , as ...
... give a man occafion to blush at his own ignorance in one thing , who may perhaps excel us . in many . No object is more pleafing to the eye , than the fight of a man whom you have obliged ; nor any mufic so agree- able to the ear , as ...
Pagina 33
... People frequently use this expreffion , I am inclined to think fo and fo ; not confidering that they are then speak- ing the most literal of all truths . Modefty makes large amends for the pain it gives the CHAP . 6 . 33 SELECT SENTENCES .
... People frequently use this expreffion , I am inclined to think fo and fo ; not confidering that they are then speak- ing the most literal of all truths . Modefty makes large amends for the pain it gives the CHAP . 6 . 33 SELECT SENTENCES .
Pagina 34
... gives the perfons who labour under it , by the prejudice it affords every worthy perfon in their favour . The difference there is betwixt honour and honefty seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which ...
... gives the perfons who labour under it , by the prejudice it affords every worthy perfon in their favour . The difference there is betwixt honour and honefty seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which ...
Pagina 37
... gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . Heaven doth with us , as we with torches do , Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us , ' twere all alike D 19 As if we had them not . Spirits are ...
... gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . Heaven doth with us , as we with torches do , Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us , ' twere all alike D 19 As if we had them not . Spirits are ...
Pagina 42
... give me an account of it . The vifier approached the tree , pretend- ing to be very attentive to the two owls . Upon his return to the fultan , Sir , fays he , I have heard part of their con- verfation , but dare not tell you what it is ...
... give me an account of it . The vifier approached the tree , pretend- ing to be very attentive to the two owls . Upon his return to the fultan , Sir , fays he , I have heard part of their con- verfation , but dare not tell you what it is ...
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