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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... rest of the senses ; and from the analogy which these bear to several other feelings excited by different causes ; the term Sublimity is applied to various other sub- jects , as dignity of rank , extent of power , and eminence of merit ...
... rest of the senses ; and from the analogy which these bear to several other feelings excited by different causes ; the term Sublimity is applied to various other sub- jects , as dignity of rank , extent of power , and eminence of merit ...
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... rest is all conceit . A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon con- tentedly . A contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions ...
... rest is all conceit . A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon con- tentedly . A contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions ...
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... rests only in the bosom of fools . None more impatiently suffer injuries , than those that are most forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over , he is superior . To err is human ...
... rests only in the bosom of fools . None more impatiently suffer injuries , than those that are most forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over , he is superior . To err is human ...
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... rest considered , before you man applauds of the world him who is most wealthy . The temperate man's pleasures are durable , because they are regular ; and all his life is calm and serene , because it is innocent . A good man will love ...
... rest considered , before you man applauds of the world him who is most wealthy . The temperate man's pleasures are durable , because they are regular ; and all his life is calm and serene , because it is innocent . A good man will love ...
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... rest , while the horses were getting ready : as I continued sitting in the postchaise , I could see and hear over their heads . He said he had come last from Spain , where he had been from the farthest borders of Franconia ; and had got ...
... rest , while the horses were getting ready : as I continued sitting in the postchaise , I could see and hear over their heads . He said he had come last from Spain , where he had been from the farthest borders of Franconia ; and had got ...
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