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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... hope in th ' air of men's fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . Who shall go about To cozen fortune , and be honourable Without the stamp of merit ...
... hope in th ' air of men's fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . Who shall go about To cozen fortune , and be honourable Without the stamp of merit ...
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... hope you will gain , both for yourself and me , an immortal reputation . But be- fore I invite you into my society and friendship , I will be open and sincere with you , and must lay down this as an estab- lished truth , that there is ...
... hope you will gain , both for yourself and me , an immortal reputation . But be- fore I invite you into my society and friendship , I will be open and sincere with you , and must lay down this as an estab- lished truth , that there is ...
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... Hope , who was his nurse , and conveyed by her to the forests of Arcadia , where he was brought up among the shepherds . But Jupiter assigned him a different partner , and command- ed him to espouse Sorrow , the daughter of Atè . He com ...
... Hope , who was his nurse , and conveyed by her to the forests of Arcadia , where he was brought up among the shepherds . But Jupiter assigned him a different partner , and command- ed him to espouse Sorrow , the daughter of Atè . He com ...
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... hope , had caught his eye , " Alas ! unhappy youth , " he cried , " 6 Expect no praise from me , " and sigh'd : " With indignation I survey " Such skill and judgment thrown away ; " The time , profusely squander'd there " On vulgar arts ...
... hope , had caught his eye , " Alas ! unhappy youth , " he cried , " 6 Expect no praise from me , " and sigh'd : " With indignation I survey " Such skill and judgment thrown away ; " The time , profusely squander'd there " On vulgar arts ...
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... hope to bask a little yet , Just reach'd it when the sun was set . Your hermit , young and jovial Sirs , Learns something from whate'er occurs- And hence , he said , my mind computes The real worth of man's pursuits . His object chosen ...
... hope to bask a little yet , Just reach'd it when the sun was set . Your hermit , young and jovial Sirs , Learns something from whate'er occurs- And hence , he said , my mind computes The real worth of man's pursuits . His object chosen ...
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