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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... wisdom , as he grew in years . He fondly deem'd he could perceive the growth Of goodness and of learning shooting up , Like the young offspring of the shelter'd hop , Unusual progress in a summer's night . He call'd him home , with ...
... wisdom , as he grew in years . He fondly deem'd he could perceive the growth Of goodness and of learning shooting up , Like the young offspring of the shelter'd hop , Unusual progress in a summer's night . He call'd him home , with ...
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... wisdom . Particularly as to the affairs of this world , integrity hath many advantages over all the ar- tificial modes of dissimulation and deceit . It is much the plainer and easier , much the safer and more secure way of dealing in ...
... wisdom . Particularly as to the affairs of this world , integrity hath many advantages over all the ar- tificial modes of dissimulation and deceit . It is much the plainer and easier , much the safer and more secure way of dealing in ...
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... wisdom , and an excellent instrument for the speedy dispatch of business . It creates confidence in those we have to deal with , saves the labour of many inquiries , and brings things to an issue in few words . It is like travelling in ...
... wisdom , and an excellent instrument for the speedy dispatch of business . It creates confidence in those we have to deal with , saves the labour of many inquiries , and brings things to an issue in few words . It is like travelling in ...
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... wisdom is derived rather from experience than con- templation , generally possess this happy talent with superior perfection . For good sense , though it cannot be acquired , may be improved ; and the world , I believe , will ever be ...
... wisdom is derived rather from experience than con- templation , generally possess this happy talent with superior perfection . For good sense , though it cannot be acquired , may be improved ; and the world , I believe , will ever be ...
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... wisdom without them , and above them , won by observation . Read not to con- tradict and confute , nor to believe and take for granted ; not to find talk and discourse , but to weigh and consider . Some books are to be tasted , others ...
... wisdom without them , and above them , won by observation . Read not to con- tradict and confute , nor to believe and take for granted ; not to find talk and discourse , but to weigh and consider . Some books are to be tasted , others ...
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