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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... criticism be thought in itself a trifling employment ; yet , as an instrument for
discovering the true meaning , in order to perceive the excellencies or defects ,
and thus ascertain the merit of a writer , it must be acknowledged to be a useful
art .
... criticism be thought in itself a trifling employment ; yet , as an instrument for
discovering the true meaning , in order to perceive the excellencies or defects ,
and thus ascertain the merit of a writer , it must be acknowledged to be a useful
art .
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True fortitude is indeed so becoming in human nature , that he who wants it
scarce deserves the name of a man : but we find several who so much abuse this
notion , that they place the whole idea of honour in a kind of brutal courage ; by ...
True fortitude is indeed so becoming in human nature , that he who wants it
scarce deserves the name of a man : but we find several who so much abuse this
notion , that they place the whole idea of honour in a kind of brutal courage ; by ...
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It is true . You see then , continued he , even though externals were as nothing ;
though it was true , in their own nature , they were neither good nor evil ; yet an
accurate knowledge of them is , from our hypothesis , absolutely necessary .
It is true . You see then , continued he , even though externals were as nothing ;
though it was true , in their own nature , they were neither good nor evil ; yet an
accurate knowledge of them is , from our hypothesis , absolutely necessary .
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... and as the world had only heard generally of a treaty between the famHies ,
when this marriage takes place , nobody will be the wiser , if we have but
discretion enough to keep our own counsel . Sterl . True , true ; and since you
only transfer ...
... and as the world had only heard generally of a treaty between the famHies ,
when this marriage takes place , nobody will be the wiser , if we have but
discretion enough to keep our own counsel . Sterl . True , true ; and since you
only transfer ...
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If I affect it more , Thau as your honour , and as your renown , Let ine no more
from this obedience rise , Which my most true and inward duteous spirit Teacheth
this prostrate and exterior bending . Heav'n witness with me , when I here came
in ...
If I affect it more , Thau as your honour , and as your renown , Let ine no more
from this obedience rise , Which my most true and inward duteous spirit Teacheth
this prostrate and exterior bending . Heav'n witness with me , when I here came
in ...
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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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