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 are Prefixed Two Essays, I. On Elocution, II. On Reading Works of TasteF.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - 346 páginas |
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... Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heav'n . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down . When any term , or phrase , is used to express some par- ticular meaning , not obviously arising from the words , it should be ...
... Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heav'n . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down . When any term , or phrase , is used to express some par- ticular meaning , not obviously arising from the words , it should be ...
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... better than a censurable excrescence . Sed nunc non erat his locus . Whatever has no tendency to illustrate the subject interrupts the reader's attention , and weakens the general effect . xxxvi ON READING WORKS OF TASTE ..
... better than a censurable excrescence . Sed nunc non erat his locus . Whatever has no tendency to illustrate the subject interrupts the reader's attention , and weakens the general effect . xxxvi ON READING WORKS OF TASTE ..
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... better to reprove , than to be angry secretly . No revenge is more heroic , than that which torments envy , by doing good . The discretion of a man deferreth his anger , and it is his glory to pass over a transgression . Money , like ...
... better to reprove , than to be angry secretly . No revenge is more heroic , than that which torments envy , by doing good . The discretion of a man deferreth his anger , and it is his glory to pass over a transgression . Money , like ...
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... better than a gift . Lo ! is not a word better than a gift ? but both are with a gra- cious man . Blame not before thou hast examined the truth ; under- stand first , and then rebuke . If thou wouldst get a friend , prove him first ...
... better than a gift . Lo ! is not a word better than a gift ? but both are with a gra- cious man . Blame not before thou hast examined the truth ; under- stand first , and then rebuke . If thou wouldst get a friend , prove him first ...
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... better living on a little , than outliving a great deal . Next to the satisfaction I receive in the prosperity of an honest man , I am best pleased with the confusion of a rascal . What is often termed shyness is nothing more than ...
... better living on a little , than outliving a great deal . Next to the satisfaction I receive in the prosperity of an honest man , I am best pleased with the confusion of a rascal . What is often termed shyness is nothing more than ...
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