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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There is no real use of riches , except in the distribution : tlie rest is all conceit . A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon contentedly .
There is no real use of riches , except in the distribution : tlie rest is all conceit . A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon contentedly .
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Very few men , properly speașing , live at present , but are providing to live another tinie . ' Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few . To endeavour to work upon the vulgar with fine sense , is like attempting to hew ...
Very few men , properly speașing , live at present , but are providing to live another tinie . ' Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few . To endeavour to work upon the vulgar with fine sense , is like attempting to hew ...
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Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues we write in water . The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle , that we tread upon , In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great , As when a giant dies .
Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues we write in water . The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle , that we tread upon , In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great , As when a giant dies .
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When things were thus far adjusted towards a peace , all other differences were soon accommodated , insomuch that for the future they resolved to live as good friends and confederates , and to share between them whatever conquests were ...
When things were thus far adjusted towards a peace , all other differences were soon accommodated , insomuch that for the future they resolved to live as good friends and confederates , and to share between them whatever conquests were ...
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... shipwrecks bless the lucky shore , Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : “ Live like yourself , " was soon my lady's word ; And lo ! two puddings smok'd upon the board .
... shipwrecks bless the lucky shore , Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : “ Live like yourself , " was soon my lady's word ; And lo ! two puddings smok'd upon the board .
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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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