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 31
... that hath not offended with his tongue . Whofo difcovereth fecrets , lofeth his credit , and fhall CHAP . 5 . 31 SELECT SENTENCES . 23 On Procrastination Young 133 Ib 122/24 The Pain arifing from Vir- tuous Emotions attend- ed with ...
... that hath not offended with his tongue . Whofo difcovereth fecrets , lofeth his credit , and fhall CHAP . 5 . 31 SELECT SENTENCES . 23 On Procrastination Young 133 Ib 122/24 The Pain arifing from Vir- tuous Emotions attend- ed with ...
Pagina 33
... 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 .
... 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
... pain it 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 ...
... pain it 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 ...
Pagina 35
... pains to rake into , much less to remove . Honour is but a fictitious kind of honesty ; a mean but a necessary substitute for it , in focieties who have none : it is a fort of paper credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are ...
... pains to rake into , much less to remove . Honour is but a fictitious kind of honesty ; a mean but a necessary substitute for it , in focieties who have none : it is a fort of paper credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are ...
Pagina 44
... the counsellors above mentioned , Avarice fupplies Luxury in the room of Plenty , as Luxury prompts Avarice in the place of Poverty . SPECTATOR , CHAPTER IV . PLEASURE AND PAIN . THERE were two 44 Book II . NARRATIVE PIECES .
... the counsellors above mentioned , Avarice fupplies Luxury in the room of Plenty , as Luxury prompts Avarice in the place of Poverty . SPECTATOR , CHAPTER IV . PLEASURE AND PAIN . THERE were two 44 Book II . NARRATIVE PIECES .
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