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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... thee be darkness , how great is THAT darkness ! In order to acquire a habit of speaking with a just and for- cible emphasis , nothing more is necessary , than previously to study the construction , meaning , and spirit of every sentence ...
... thee be darkness , how great is THAT darkness ! In order to acquire a habit of speaking with a just and for- cible emphasis , nothing more is necessary , than previously to study the construction , meaning , and spirit of every sentence ...
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... thee ? There is nothing so much worth as a mind well in- structed . The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto them ; but the words of such as have understand- ing are weighed in the balance . The heart of fools ...
... thee ? There is nothing so much worth as a mind well in- structed . The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto them ; but the words of such as have understand- ing are weighed in the balance . The heart of fools ...
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... thee to it and shelter thee ; thou shouldst eat of my own bread , and drink of my own cup - I would be kind to thy Sylvio - in ali thy weaknesses and wanderings I would seek after thee and bring thee back - when the sun went down I ...
... thee to it and shelter thee ; thou shouldst eat of my own bread , and drink of my own cup - I would be kind to thy Sylvio - in ali thy weaknesses and wanderings I would seek after thee and bring thee back - when the sun went down I ...
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... thee honour , virtue , sense , " And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , " To govern men , and guide the state . ” WHITEHEAD . CHAP . XIV . SIR BALAAM . WHERE London's column , pointing at the skies , Like a tall bully , lifts the head ...
... thee honour , virtue , sense , " And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , " To govern men , and guide the state . ” WHITEHEAD . CHAP . XIV . SIR BALAAM . WHERE London's column , pointing at the skies , Like a tall bully , lifts the head ...
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... thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the secret shaft " That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour " Of noon , flies harmless ; and that very voice , " Which thunders terrour through the guilty heart , " With tongues of seraphs ...
... thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the secret shaft " That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour " Of noon , flies harmless ; and that very voice , " Which thunders terrour through the guilty heart , " With tongues of seraphs ...
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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