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A young man who has been accustomed to perform frequent exercises in this art
in private , cannot easily persuade himself , when he appears before the public ,
to consider the business he has to perform , in any other liglit , than as a trial of ...
A young man who has been accustomed to perform frequent exercises in this art
in private , cannot easily persuade himself , when he appears before the public ,
to consider the business he has to perform , in any other liglit , than as a trial of ...
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The prodigal robs his heir , the miser robs himself . We should take a prudent
care for the future , but so as to enjoy the present . It is no part of wisdom to be
miserable to - day , because we may happen to be fo to - morrow . To mourn
without ...
The prodigal robs his heir , the miser robs himself . We should take a prudent
care for the future , but so as to enjoy the present . It is no part of wisdom to be
miserable to - day , because we may happen to be fo to - morrow . To mourn
without ...
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If I was put to define Modelty , I would call it , The refecrion of an ingenuous mind ,
either when a man has committed an action for which he censures himself , or
fancies that he is exposed to the cenfure of others , For this reason a man truly ...
If I was put to define Modelty , I would call it , The refecrion of an ingenuous mind ,
either when a man has committed an action for which he censures himself , or
fancies that he is exposed to the cenfure of others , For this reason a man truly ...
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Everyone ought to cherish and encourage in himself the modesty and assurance
I have here mentioned . A man without assurance is liable to be made uneasy by
the folly or ill nature of every one he converses with . А man without modesty is ...
Everyone ought to cherish and encourage in himself the modesty and assurance
I have here mentioned . A man without assurance is liable to be made uneasy by
the folly or ill nature of every one he converses with . А man without modesty is ...
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At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty , and reforms his plan ; At
fifty chides his infamous delay , Pushes his prudent purpose to Resolve ; In all the
magnanimity of thought , Resolves , and re - refolves , then dies the fame .
At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty , and reforms his plan ; At
fifty chides his infamous delay , Pushes his prudent purpose to Resolve ; In all the
magnanimity of thought , Resolves , and re - refolves , then dies the fame .
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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 |
| Autor | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Editora | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original de | Universidade de Indiana |
| Digitalizado | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Número de páginas | 436 páginas |
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