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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... equal value . The ex- ercise , which it gives to the imagination and feelings , im- proves the vigour and sensibility of the mind . It is the na tural tendency of an intimate acquaintance with images of grandeur , beauty , and ...
... equal value . The ex- ercise , which it gives to the imagination and feelings , im- proves the vigour and sensibility of the mind . It is the na tural tendency of an intimate acquaintance with images of grandeur , beauty , and ...
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... equal agree- able , and an inferior acceptable . Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding . That ci- vility is best , which excludes all superfluous formality . Ingratitude is a crime so shameful , that the man was never yet found ...
... equal agree- able , and an inferior acceptable . Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding . That ci- vility is best , which excludes all superfluous formality . Ingratitude is a crime so shameful , that the man was never yet found ...
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... equal virtue form'd , and equal grace ; The same , distinguish'd by their sex alone : Hers the mild lustre of the blooming morn , And his the radiance of the risen day . They lov'd ; but such their guiltless passion was , As in the dawn ...
... equal virtue form'd , and equal grace ; The same , distinguish'd by their sex alone : Hers the mild lustre of the blooming morn , And his the radiance of the risen day . They lov'd ; but such their guiltless passion was , As in the dawn ...
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... equals , or your inferiors , watch it narrowly , check it carefully , and call the suavitèr in modo to your assistance : at the first im- pulse of passion be silent , till you can be soft . Labour even to get the command of your ...
... equals , or your inferiors , watch it narrowly , check it carefully , and call the suavitèr in modo to your assistance : at the first im- pulse of passion be silent , till you can be soft . Labour even to get the command of your ...
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... equal eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall ; Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd , And now a bubble burst , and now a world . Hope humbly then , with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher , Death ; and God ...
... equal eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall ; Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd , And now a bubble burst , and now a world . Hope humbly then , with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher , Death ; and God ...
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