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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... that were there no God to see or punish vice , he would not commit it , because
it is of so mean , so base , and so vile a ... by which means we have had many
among us who have called themselves men of honour , that would have been a ...
... that were there no God to see or punish vice , he would not commit it , because
it is of so mean , so base , and so vile a ... by which means we have had many
among us who have called themselves men of honour , that would have been a ...
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... connected ? If we had no other induceinent , to make us desire a reconciliation
between him and Stephen , this would be sufficient . Our estates in both countries
will by these means be secur cured , which otherwise we must forfeit , in ...
... connected ? If we had no other induceinent , to make us desire a reconciliation
between him and Stephen , this would be sufficient . Our estates in both countries
will by these means be secur cured , which otherwise we must forfeit , in ...
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The nations around us , Sir , are already enslaved , and have been enslaved by
those very means ; by means of their standing armies they bave every one lost
their liberties : it is indeed impossible , that the liberties of the people can be ...
The nations around us , Sir , are already enslaved , and have been enslaved by
those very means ; by means of their standing armies they bave every one lost
their liberties : it is indeed impossible , that the liberties of the people can be ...
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As to bribery and corruption , Sir , if it were possible to influence , by such base
means , the majority oi the eleciors of Great Britain , to choose such men as
would probably give up their liberties ; if it were possible to influence , by such
means ...
As to bribery and corruption , Sir , if it were possible to influence , by such base
means , the majority oi the eleciors of Great Britain , to choose such men as
would probably give up their liberties ; if it were possible to influence , by such
means ...
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Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea , Till that the very very means do ebb ? What
woman in the city do I name , When that I say the city - woman bears The cost of
princes on unworthy shoulders ? Who can come in and say , that I mean her ...
Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea , Till that the very very means do ebb ? What
woman in the city do I name , When that I say the city - woman bears The cost of
princes on unworthy shoulders ? Who can come in and say , that I mean her ...
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