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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The man to solitude accustom'd long Perceives in ev'ry thing that lives a tongue ;
Not animals alone , but shrubs and trees , Have speech for him , and understood
with ease ; After long drought , when rains abundant fall , He liears the lierbs ...
The man to solitude accustom'd long Perceives in ev'ry thing that lives a tongue ;
Not animals alone , but shrubs and trees , Have speech for him , and understood
with ease ; After long drought , when rains abundant fall , He liears the lierbs ...
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... Parnassian laurels yield , Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows
where grows it not ? If vain our toil , We ought to blame the culture , not the soil :
Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere , ' Tis no where to be found , or ev'ry where ...
... Parnassian laurels yield , Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows
where grows it not ? If vain our toil , We ought to blame the culture , not the soil :
Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere , ' Tis no where to be found , or ev'ry where ...
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... Panting for fame , impatient of control ; And fond enthusiastic thought , that
feeds On pictur'd tales of vast heroic deeds ; And quick affections , kindling into
flame At virtue's or their country's honour'd name ; And spirits light , to ev'ry joy in
tune ...
... Panting for fame , impatient of control ; And fond enthusiastic thought , that
feeds On pictur'd tales of vast heroic deeds ; And quick affections , kindling into
flame At virtue's or their country's honour'd name ; And spirits light , to ev'ry joy in
tune ...
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Hide me from day's garish eye , While the bee with honey'd thigh , That at her
flow'ry work doth sing , And the waters ... The hairy gown and mossy cell , Where I
may sit and rightly spell Of ev'ry star that Heav'n doth shew , And ev'ry herb that ...
Hide me from day's garish eye , While the bee with honey'd thigh , That at her
flow'ry work doth sing , And the waters ... The hairy gown and mossy cell , Where I
may sit and rightly spell Of ev'ry star that Heav'n doth shew , And ev'ry herb that ...
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For such the bounteous providence of Heav'n , In ev'ry breast implanting this
desire Of objects new and strauge , to urge us on , With unremitted labour to
pursue Those sacred stores , that wait the rip'ning soul In 270 DESCRIPTIVE
PIECES .
For such the bounteous providence of Heav'n , In ev'ry breast implanting this
desire Of objects new and strauge , to urge us on , With unremitted labour to
pursue Those sacred stores , that wait the rip'ning soul In 270 DESCRIPTIVE
PIECES .
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affection appear army bear better Brutus cause CHAP conduct consider continued danger death desire earth equal ev'ry eyes fair fall father fear feel fool fortune give Gods hand happy head hear heart Heav'n hold honour hope hour human it's kind king laws leave light live look lord manner means mind nature never night o'er once pain pass passion peace perfection person pleasure poor pow'r praise present proper reason rest round seems sense side Sir John soon soul sound speak spirit stand taste tears tell thee thing thou thought thousand true truth turn uncle virtue voice whole wind wise wish young youth
Informação bibliográfica
| 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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