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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... not obviously arising from the words , it should be marked by a strong emphasis ; as , TO BE , contents his natural desire . Sir Balaain now , he lives like other folks . Then you will pass into Africa : WILL pass , did I say ?
... not obviously arising from the words , it should be marked by a strong emphasis ; as , TO BE , contents his natural desire . Sir Balaain now , he lives like other folks . Then you will pass into Africa : WILL pass , did I say ?
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The boldest flights of poetic fiction must not pass the boundaries of nature and probability . It is upon this principle , that Dr. Jobnson defines poetry " the art of uniting pleasure with “ truth , by calling imagination to the help ...
The boldest flights of poetic fiction must not pass the boundaries of nature and probability . It is upon this principle , that Dr. Jobnson defines poetry " the art of uniting pleasure with “ truth , by calling imagination to the help ...
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The discretion of a man deferreth bis anger , and it is his glory to pass over a transgression . Money , like manure , does no good till it is spread . There is no real use of riches , except in the distribution : tlie rest is all ...
The discretion of a man deferreth bis anger , and it is his glory to pass over a transgression . Money , like manure , does no good till it is spread . There is no real use of riches , except in the distribution : tlie rest is all ...
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It is harder to avoid censure , than to gain applause ; for this may be done by one great or wise action in an age : but 65 So to escape censure , a man must pass 4 SELECT SENTENCES . Book I.
It is harder to avoid censure , than to gain applause ; for this may be done by one great or wise action in an age : but 65 So to escape censure , a man must pass 4 SELECT SENTENCES . Book I.
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65 So to escape censure , a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing one ill or foolish thing . When Darius offered Alexander ten thousand talents to divide Asia equally with him , he answered , “ The earth cannot bear two ...
65 So to escape censure , a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing one ill or foolish thing . When Darius offered Alexander ten thousand talents to divide Asia equally with him , he answered , “ The earth cannot bear two ...
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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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