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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... HONOUR ............... Guardian , 68 18. LESSONS OF WISDOM ......... . Armstrong , 92 5. ON GOOD HUMOUR ....... Rambler , 70 19. AGAINST INDOLENCE : An Epistle 6. ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD ........... Davies , 94 ...
... HONOUR ............... Guardian , 68 18. LESSONS OF WISDOM ......... . Armstrong , 92 5. ON GOOD HUMOUR ....... Rambler , 70 19. AGAINST INDOLENCE : An Epistle 6. ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD ........... Davies , 94 ...
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... that we leave them . A count'nance more in Sorrow , than in Anger . A custom more honour'd in the Breach , than in the Observance . * Book iii , Chap . 2 . : In some sentences the antithesis is double , and xvi ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
... that we leave them . A count'nance more in Sorrow , than in Anger . A custom more honour'd in the Breach , than in the Observance . * Book iii , Chap . 2 . : In some sentences the antithesis is double , and xvi ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
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... honour conferred upon such as have no personal merit , are at best but the royal stamp set upon base metal . Though an honourable title may be conveyed to posterity , yet the ennobling qualities , which are the soul of greatness , are a ...
... honour conferred upon such as have no personal merit , are at best but the royal stamp set upon base metal . Though an honourable title may be conveyed to posterity , yet the ennobling qualities , which are the soul of greatness , are a ...
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... Honour thy father with thy whole heart , and forget not the sorrows of thy mother ; how canst thou recompense them the things they have done for thee ? There is nothing so much worth as a mind well in- structed . The lips of talkers ...
... Honour thy father with thy whole heart , and forget not the sorrows of thy mother ; how canst thou recompense them the things they have done for thee ? There is nothing so much worth as a mind well in- structed . The lips of talkers ...
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... honour and honesty seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the sake of character . A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth , and ends with making truth ...
... honour and honesty seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the sake of character . A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth , and ends with making truth ...
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