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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Página 57
For can we find it less ? Contemplate first “ The depth how awful ! falling there ,
we burst ; “ Or should the brambles , interposod , our fall " In part abate , that
happiness were small ; « For with a race like theirs no chance I see “ Of peace or
ease ...
For can we find it less ? Contemplate first “ The depth how awful ! falling there ,
we burst ; “ Or should the brambles , interposod , our fall " In part abate , that
happiness were small ; « For with a race like theirs no chance I see “ Of peace or
ease ...
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Let the influence it gives us be ever so great , that man must pay very dear for his
power , who procures it at the expense of his own tranquillity and peace . Besides
, the imitation of anger , which is easily formed , will produce the same effect ...
Let the influence it gives us be ever so great , that man must pay very dear for his
power , who procures it at the expense of his own tranquillity and peace . Besides
, the imitation of anger , which is easily formed , will produce the same effect ...
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Nations which have never been at war are on an equal footing . But it is in vain ,
that confidence is reposed in a conquered people . There can be no sincere
friendship between the oppressor and the oppressed . Even in peace , the latter
think ...
Nations which have never been at war are on an equal footing . But it is in vain ,
that confidence is reposed in a conquered people . There can be no sincere
friendship between the oppressor and the oppressed . Even in peace , the latter
think ...
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It is a pretence to disturb the peace of the church , to infuse idle fears into the
minds of the people , and make religion itself an engine of sedition . It behoves
the piety , as well as the wisdom of parliament , to disappoint these endeavours .
It is a pretence to disturb the peace of the church , to infuse idle fears into the
minds of the people , and make religion itself an engine of sedition . It behoves
the piety , as well as the wisdom of parliament , to disappoint these endeavours .
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If it assumes my noble father's person , o I'll speak to it , though Hell itself should
gape , And bid me hold my peace . I pray you , If you have hitherto conceal'd this
sight , Let it be ten'ble in your silence still : And whatsoever shall befal to night ...
If it assumes my noble father's person , o I'll speak to it , though Hell itself should
gape , And bid me hold my peace . I pray you , If you have hitherto conceal'd this
sight , Let it be ten'ble in your silence still : And whatsoever shall befal to night ...
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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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