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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... seems to be no sufficient ground for a rule , which has of late gained some authority , that a writer , for the sake of distinctness , should confine himself to the ex- pression of a single thought in each sentence . It would be easy to ...
... seems to be no sufficient ground for a rule , which has of late gained some authority , that a writer , for the sake of distinctness , should confine himself to the ex- pression of a single thought in each sentence . It would be easy to ...
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... seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the sake of character . A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth , and ends with making truth itself appear like ...
... seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does for the sake of character . A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth , and ends with making truth itself appear like ...
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... seems owing to simplicity . Every noble truth and sentiment was expressed by the former in a natural man- ner ; in word and phrase simple , perspicuous , and incapa- ble of improvement . What then remained for later writers , but ...
... seems owing to simplicity . Every noble truth and sentiment was expressed by the former in a natural man- ner ; in word and phrase simple , perspicuous , and incapa- ble of improvement . What then remained for later writers , but ...
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... seem to wear one heart , Whose hours , whose bed , whose meal and exercise Are still together ; who twine , as ' twere , in love Inseparable ; shall within this ... seems to me most strange , that men should 12 Book I. SELECT SENTENCES .
... seem to wear one heart , Whose hours , whose bed , whose meal and exercise Are still together ; who twine , as ' twere , in love Inseparable ; shall within this ... seems to me most strange , that men should 12 Book I. SELECT SENTENCES .
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... seems to me most strange , that men should fear ; Seeing that death , a necessary end , Will come , when it will come . There is some soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out ; For our bad neighbour makes us ...
... seems to me most strange , that men should fear ; Seeing that death , a necessary end , Will come , when it will come . There is some soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out ; For our bad neighbour makes us ...
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action appear arms army bear better cause CHAP common consider continued death desire earth equal ev'ry fair fall father fear feel fool fortune give Gods hand happy hath head hear heard heart Heav'n hold honour hope hour human it's John kind king laws leave light live look lord manner means mind nature never night o'er once pain pass passion peace perfection person pleasure poor pow'r praise present proper reason rest round seems sense serve side soon soul sound speak spirit stand sweet taste tears tell thee thing thou thought thousand true truth turn virtue voice whole wisdom wise wish young youth