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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... OF HUMAN FIRMNESS OF MIND , L Chesterfield , 75 LIFE Thutason , 98 8.
ON GOOD SENSE ............ Pratt , 77 92 . TIONS ON А FUTURE 9. ON STUDY .. ....
....... Bucu , 78 STATE ......... 99 10. ON SATIRICAL WIT .......... Sterne , 7929.
... OF HUMAN FIRMNESS OF MIND , L Chesterfield , 75 LIFE Thutason , 98 8.
ON GOOD SENSE ............ Pratt , 77 92 . TIONS ON А FUTURE 9. ON STUDY .. ....
....... Bucu , 78 STATE ......... 99 10. ON SATIRICAL WIT .......... Sterne , 7929.
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Know thou this truth , enough for man to know , “ Virtue alone is Happiness below
: " The only point where human bliss stands still , And tastes the good without the
fall to ill ; Where only Merit constant pay receives , Is blest in what it takes , and ...
Know thou this truth , enough for man to know , “ Virtue alone is Happiness below
: " The only point where human bliss stands still , And tastes the good without the
fall to ill ; Where only Merit constant pay receives , Is blest in what it takes , and ...
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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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Methinks this single consideration of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection will
be sufficient , to extinguish all envy in inferior natures , and all contempt in
superior . That cherub , which now appears as a God to a human soul , knows
very ...
Methinks this single consideration of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection will
be sufficient , to extinguish all envy in inferior natures , and all contempt in
superior . That cherub , which now appears as a God to a human soul , knows
very ...
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Suppose , said he , it should be mankind ; the whole human race . Would you not
think it something strange , to seek of those concerning Good , who pursue it a
thousand ways , and many of them contradictory ? I confess , said I , it And yet ...
Suppose , said he , it should be mankind ; the whole human race . Would you not
think it something strange , to seek of those concerning Good , who pursue it a
thousand ways , and many of them contradictory ? I confess , said I , it And yet ...
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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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