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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The heart of fools is in their mouth , but the tongue of the wise is in their heart . To labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . Be in peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one counsellor of a thousand .
The heart of fools is in their mouth , but the tongue of the wise is in their heart . To labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . Be in peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one counsellor of a thousand .
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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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The affairs of either war or peace shall have no power to disturb you . Your whole employment shall be to make your life easy , and to entertain every sense with it's proper gratifications . Sumptuous tables , beds of roses , clouds of ...
The affairs of either war or peace shall have no power to disturb you . Your whole employment shall be to make your life easy , and to entertain every sense with it's proper gratifications . Sumptuous tables , beds of roses , clouds of ...
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In short , if you would be eminent in war or peace , you must become master of all the qualifications that can make you so . These are the only terms and conditions , upon which I can propose happiness . The Goddess of Pleasure here ...
In short , if you would be eminent in war or peace , you must become master of all the qualifications that can make you so . These are the only terms and conditions , upon which I can propose happiness . The Goddess of Pleasure here ...
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Far in the windings of a vale , Fast by a shelt'ring wood , The safe retreat of health and peace , A humble cottage stood . There beauteous Emma flourish'd fair Beneath her mother's eye , Whose only wish on earth was now To see her ...
Far in the windings of a vale , Fast by a shelt'ring wood , The safe retreat of health and peace , A humble cottage stood . There beauteous Emma flourish'd fair Beneath her mother's eye , Whose only wish on earth was now To see her ...
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