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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Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man , but rests only in the bosom of
fools . ... Some would be thought to do great things , who are but tools and
instruments ; like the fool who fancied he played upon organ , when lie only blew
the ...
Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man , but rests only in the bosom of
fools . ... Some would be thought to do great things , who are but tools and
instruments ; like the fool who fancied he played upon organ , when lie only blew
the ...
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... Sense are one ; and , trust me , he Who has not virtue is not truly wise . Virtue (
for mere Good - nature is a fool ) Is sense and spirit , with humanity : ' Tis
sometimes angry , and it's frown confounds ; " Tis ev'n vindictive , but in
vengeance just .
... Sense are one ; and , trust me , he Who has not virtue is not truly wise . Virtue (
for mere Good - nature is a fool ) Is sense and spirit , with humanity : ' Tis
sometimes angry , and it's frown confounds ; " Tis ev'n vindictive , but in
vengeance just .
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Tis not in Folly , not to scorn a fool ; And scarce in human Wisdom to do more . All
promise is poor dilatory man , And that through ev'ry stage . When young , indeed
, In full content we sometimes nobly rest , Unanxious for ourselves ; and only ...
Tis not in Folly , not to scorn a fool ; And scarce in human Wisdom to do more . All
promise is poor dilatory man , And that through ev'ry stage . When young , indeed
, In full content we sometimes nobly rest , Unanxious for ourselves ; and only ...
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A fool , a fool ; -I met a fool i ' th ' forest , A motley fool ; a miserable varlet ! As I do
live by food , I met a fool , Who laid him down and bask'd him in the sun , And rail'
d on lady Fortune in grod terms , In good set terms , and yet a motley fool .
A fool , a fool ; -I met a fool i ' th ' forest , A motley fool ; a miserable varlet ! As I do
live by food , I met a fool , Who laid him down and bask'd him in the sun , And rail'
d on lady Fortune in grod terms , In good set terms , and yet a motley fool .
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I must have liberty Withal , as large a charter as the wind , To blow on whoin I
please ; for so fools have : And they that are ... The why is plain , as way to parish
church ; He whom a fool does very wisely hit Doth very foolishly , although he
smart ...
I must have liberty Withal , as large a charter as the wind , To blow on whoin I
please ; for so fools have : And they that are ... The why is plain , as way to parish
church ; He whom a fool does very wisely hit Doth very foolishly , although he
smart ...
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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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