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 TasteF.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - 346 páginas |
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... perfection the pleasure arising from these employments of the mind upon literary works of taste , beside the foundation of good sense , and lively sensibility , which must be laid by nature , several preparatory acquisitions are ...
... perfection the pleasure arising from these employments of the mind upon literary works of taste , beside the foundation of good sense , and lively sensibility , which must be laid by nature , several preparatory acquisitions are ...
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... perfection ! " From his void embrace , ( Mysterious Heav'n ! ) that moment to the ground , A blacken'd corse , was struck the beauteous maid . But who can paint the lover as he stood , Pierc'd by severe amazement , hating life ...
... perfection ! " From his void embrace , ( Mysterious Heav'n ! ) that moment to the ground , A blacken'd corse , was struck the beauteous maid . But who can paint the lover as he stood , Pierc'd by severe amazement , hating life ...
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... perfection , was never seen to laugh . Cheerfulness of mind is not liable to any of these excep- tions : it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity ...
... perfection , was never seen to laugh . Cheerfulness of mind is not liable to any of these excep- tions : it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity ...
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... perfection , and consequently an increase of happi- ness ! The consciousness of such a being spreads a perpe- tual diffusion of joy through the soul of a virtuous man , and makes him look upon himself every moment as more happy than he ...
... perfection , and consequently an increase of happi- ness ! The consciousness of such a being spreads a perpe- tual diffusion of joy through the soul of a virtuous man , and makes him look upon himself every moment as more happy than he ...
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... perfection , That aids and strengthens Virtue when it meets her , And imitates her actions where she is not . It ought not to be sported with . CATO . In the second place , we are to consider those who have mistaken notions of honour ...
... perfection , That aids and strengthens Virtue when it meets her , And imitates her actions where she is not . It ought not to be sported with . CATO . In the second place , we are to consider those who have mistaken notions of honour ...
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