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 Taste |
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indispensably necessary for me to take care , that my conduct be clear and
unexceptionable . Besides , I am well aware , my countrymen , that the eye of the
public is upon me : and that , though the impartial , who prefer the real
advantages of ...
indispensably necessary for me to take care , that my conduct be clear and
unexceptionable . Besides , I am well aware , my countrymen , that the eye of the
public is upon me : and that , though the impartial , who prefer the real
advantages of ...
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Suppose then , continued he , ( it is but merely an hypothesis , ) suppose , I say ,
we were to place the Sovereign Good in such a rectitude of conduct , in the
Conduct merely , and not in the Event . Suppose we were to fix our Happiness ,
not in ...
Suppose then , continued he , ( it is but merely an hypothesis , ) suppose , I say ,
we were to place the Sovereign Good in such a rectitude of conduct , in the
Conduct merely , and not in the Event . Suppose we were to fix our Happiness ,
not in ...
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duct , and place our happiness in the rectitude of this conduct alone ? On such an
hypothesis ( and we consider it as nothing farther ) we should not want a good ,
perhaps , to correspond to our preconceptions ; for this , it is evident , would be ...
duct , and place our happiness in the rectitude of this conduct alone ? On such an
hypothesis ( and we consider it as nothing farther ) we should not want a good ,
perhaps , to correspond to our preconceptions ; for this , it is evident , would be ...
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The praise indeed of the pilot we allow to be in his conduct ; but it is in the
success of that conduct where we look for liis happiness . If a storm arise , and
the ship be lost , we call him not happy , how well soever he may have conducted
it !
The praise indeed of the pilot we allow to be in his conduct ; but it is in the
success of that conduct where we look for liis happiness . If a storm arise , and
the ship be lost , we call him not happy , how well soever he may have conducted
it !
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The hypothesis , which we would have illustrated , was no more than this : That
the Sovereign Good lay in Rectitude of Conduct ; and that this good
corresponded to all our preconceptions . Let us examine , then , whether upon
trial this ...
The hypothesis , which we would have illustrated , was no more than this : That
the Sovereign Good lay in Rectitude of Conduct ; and that this good
corresponded to all our preconceptions . Let us examine , then , whether upon
trial this ...
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| Título | 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 Taste |
| Autor | William Enfield |
| Editora | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 |
| Original de | Universidade do Estado de Ohio |
| Digitalizado | 30 Set 2014 |
| Número de páginas | 346 páginas |
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