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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“ give up the reins of one's imagination into an author's “ hands , and be pleased one knows not why , and cares not “ wherefore " —there are unquestionably in nature certain characters , by which works of true genius and taste may be ...
“ give up the reins of one's imagination into an author's “ hands , and be pleased one knows not why , and cares not “ wherefore " —there are unquestionably in nature certain characters , by which works of true genius and taste may be ...
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It is always near at hand , and sits upon our lips , and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lie is troublesome , and sets a man's invention upun the rack ; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good .
It is always near at hand , and sits upon our lips , and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lie is troublesome , and sets a man's invention upun the rack ; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good .
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Learning is like mercury , one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skilful hands ; in unskilful , most mischievous . A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong ; which is but saying in other ...
Learning is like mercury , one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skilful hands ; in unskilful , most mischievous . A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong ; which is but saying in other ...
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Oh who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December's snow By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ?
Oh who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December's snow By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ?
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Labour went soberly along the road with Health on the right hand , who , by the sprightliness of her conversation , and songs of cheerfulness and joy , softened the toils of the way ; while Contentment went smiling on the left ...
Labour went soberly along the road with Health on the right hand , who , by the sprightliness of her conversation , and songs of cheerfulness and joy , softened the toils of the way ; while Contentment went smiling on the left ...
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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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