The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers, Disposed Under Proper Heads for 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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One of them had a very noble air, and graceful deportment: her beauty was
matural and easy, her person clean and unspotted, her eyes cast toward the
ground with an agreeable reserve, her motion and behaviour full of modesty, and
her ...
One of them had a very noble air, and graceful deportment: her beauty was
matural and easy, her person clean and unspotted, her eyes cast toward the
ground with an agreeable reserve, her motion and behaviour full of modesty, and
her ...
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... sink into a companion ; I have à wife whose beauty first subdued me , and
whose wit confirmed her conquest ; but whose beauty now serves no other
purpose than to entitle her to tyranny , and whose wit is only used to justify
perverseness .
... sink into a companion ; I have à wife whose beauty first subdued me , and
whose wit confirmed her conquest ; but whose beauty now serves no other
purpose than to entitle her to tyranny , and whose wit is only used to justify
perverseness .
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esteem ; and the source of all beauty , order , and happiness in nature . It is what
confers value on all the other endowments and qualities of a reasonable being ,
to which they ought to be absolutely subservient , and without which , the more ...
esteem ; and the source of all beauty , order , and happiness in nature . It is what
confers value on all the other endowments and qualities of a reasonable being ,
to which they ought to be absolutely subservient , and without which , the more ...
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... breast The lab'ring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied;
Shallow brooks, and rivers wide: Tow'rs and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in
tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighboring eyes
.
... breast The lab'ring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied;
Shallow brooks, and rivers wide: Tow'rs and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in
tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighboring eyes
.
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Here too dwells simple Truth ; plain Innocence ; Unsullied Beauty ; sound
unbroken Youth , Patient of labour , with a little pleas'd ; Health ever - blooming ;
unambitious Toil ; Calm Contemplation ; and poetic Ease . The rage of nations ,
and the ...
Here too dwells simple Truth ; plain Innocence ; Unsullied Beauty ; sound
unbroken Youth , Patient of labour , with a little pleas'd ; Health ever - blooming ;
unambitious Toil ; Calm Contemplation ; and poetic Ease . The rage of nations ,
and the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
affection appear army beauty cause CHAP consider continued death desire earth equal ev'ry expression fair fall father fear feel fool fortune give grace hand happy head hear heart Heav'n hold honour hope hour human it's kind king laws leave light live look lord manner means mind nature never night noble o'er once pain pass passion peace perfection perhaps person pleasure poor pow'r praise present proper reason rest round sense side soon soul sound speak spirit stand sweet taste tears tell thee thing thou thought thousand true truth turn uncle Toby virtue voice whole wind wise wish writing young youth
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Página 91 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 155 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but as he was ambitious I slew him.
Página 229 - Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne: Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 248 - Or call up him that left half told The Story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Página 254 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners: But I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Página 245 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Página 242 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 244 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Página 335 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law.
Página 250 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge him thy greater ; sound his praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall'st.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers, Disposed Under Proper Heads for 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 | W. Clowes, 1827 |
| Original de | Universidade da Califórnia |
| Digitalizado | 5 Dez 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 346 páginas |
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