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 is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By William Enfield ... A New Edition, Corrected ...J. Johnson, 1782 - 405 páginas |
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... cause of monotony , by leading the reader to a uniform found at every imperfect break , and a uniform cadence at every full period . The use of points is to affift the reader in difcerning the grammatical construction , not to direct ...
... cause of monotony , by leading the reader to a uniform found at every imperfect break , and a uniform cadence at every full period . The use of points is to affift the reader in difcerning the grammatical construction , not to direct ...
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... pertains to feats of broils and battle ; And therefore little fhall I grace my cause , In fpeaking for myfelf . Yet , by your patience , I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver , Of my I will CHAP . XIX . 59 NARRATIVE PIECES .
... pertains to feats of broils and battle ; And therefore little fhall I grace my cause , In fpeaking for myfelf . Yet , by your patience , I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver , Of my I will CHAP . XIX . 59 NARRATIVE PIECES .
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... cause it is of fo mean , so base , and so vile a nature . " I SHALL Conclude this head with the description of honour in the parting of young Juba . Honour's a facred tie , the law of kings , The noble mind's distinguishing perfection ...
... cause it is of fo mean , so base , and so vile a nature . " I SHALL Conclude this head with the description of honour in the parting of young Juba . Honour's a facred tie , the law of kings , The noble mind's distinguishing perfection ...
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... Cause . POPE . CHA P. XIII . ON THE ORDER OF NATURE . EE , thro ' this air , this ocean , and this earth , SEE , All matter quick , and bursting into birth . Above , how high , progreffive life may go ! Around , how wide ! how deep ...
... Cause . POPE . CHA P. XIII . ON THE ORDER OF NATURE . EE , thro ' this air , this ocean , and this earth , SEE , All matter quick , and bursting into birth . Above , how high , progreffive life may go ! Around , how wide ! how deep ...
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... Cause ? Force first made Conqueft , and that conqueft , Law ; ' Till Superftition taught the tyrant awe , Then fhar'd the Tyranny , then lent it aid , And Gods of Conqu'rors , Slaves of Subjects made : She ' midst the light'ning's blaze ...
... Cause ? Force first made Conqueft , and that conqueft , Law ; ' Till Superftition taught the tyrant awe , Then fhar'd the Tyranny , then lent it aid , And Gods of Conqu'rors , Slaves of Subjects made : She ' midst the light'ning's blaze ...
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