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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In order to enjoy in perfection the pleasure arising from these employments of the mind upon literary works of taste , keside the foundation of good sense , and lively spuisibility , which must be laid by nature , several preparatory ...
In order to enjoy in perfection the pleasure arising from these employments of the mind upon literary works of taste , keside the foundation of good sense , and lively spuisibility , which must be laid by nature , several preparatory ...
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Though an honourable title may be conveyed to posterity , yet the ennobling qualities , which are the soul of greatness , are a sort of incommunicable perfections , and cannot be transferred . If a man could bequeath his virtues by will ...
Though an honourable title may be conveyed to posterity , yet the ennobling qualities , which are the soul of greatness , are a sort of incommunicable perfections , and cannot be transferred . If a man could bequeath his virtues by will ...
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Writers of this complexion have observed , that the sacred Person , who was the great pattern of perfection , was never seen to laugh . Cheerfulness of mind is not liable to any of these exceptions : it is of a serious and composed ...
Writers of this complexion have observed , that the sacred Person , who was the great pattern of perfection , was never seen to laugh . Cheerfulness of mind is not liable to any of these exceptions : it is of a serious and composed ...
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... improvable faculties , which in a few years , and even at it's first setting out , have made so constderable a progress , and which will be still receiving an increase of perfection , and consequently an increase of happiness !
... improvable faculties , which in a few years , and even at it's first setting out , have made so constderable a progress , and which will be still receiving an increase of perfection , and consequently an increase of happiness !
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I shall conclude this head with the description of honour in the speech of young Juba : Honour's a sacred tie , the law of kings , The poble mind's distinguishing perfection , That aids and strengthens Virtue when it meets her ...
I shall conclude this head with the description of honour in the speech of young Juba : Honour's a sacred tie , the law of kings , The poble mind's distinguishing perfection , That aids and strengthens Virtue when it meets her ...
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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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