The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Very 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 ElocutionW. Borrowdale, 1808 - 412 Seiten |
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... itself , or the best copies you meet with ; always , however , with this special obfervance , that you " O'ERSTEP NOT THE MODESTY OF NATURE . ” In the application of these rules to practice , in order to acquire a juft and graceful ...
... itself , or the best copies you meet with ; always , however , with this special obfervance , that you " O'ERSTEP NOT THE MODESTY OF NATURE . ” In the application of these rules to practice , in order to acquire a juft and graceful ...
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... itself hath its stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wifer to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re- venge it afterwards . It is much better to reprove , than to be angry fecretly . No ...
... itself hath its stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wifer to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re- venge it afterwards . It is much better to reprove , than to be angry fecretly . No ...
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... itself , and needs nothing to help it out . It is always near at hand , and fits upon our lips , and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lie is troublesome , and fets a man's invention upon the rack ; and one trick ...
... itself , and needs nothing to help it out . It is always near at hand , and fits upon our lips , and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lie is troublesome , and fets a man's invention upon the rack ; and one trick ...
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... itself appear like falsehood . Virtue should be confidered as a part of tafte ; and we fhould as much avoid deceit , or finifter meanings in dif- course , as we would puns , bad language , or falfe grammar . CHAPTER VII . DEFERENCE is ...
... itself appear like falsehood . Virtue should be confidered as a part of tafte ; and we fhould as much avoid deceit , or finifter meanings in dif- course , as we would puns , bad language , or falfe grammar . CHAPTER VII . DEFERENCE is ...
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... itself , Yea , all which it inherits fhall dissolve ; And , like the baseless fabric of a vision , Leave not a wreck behind ! we are fuch stuff As dreams are made on , and our little life Is rounded with a fleep . Our indifcretion ...
... itself , Yea , all which it inherits fhall dissolve ; And , like the baseless fabric of a vision , Leave not a wreck behind ! we are fuch stuff As dreams are made on , and our little life Is rounded with a fleep . Our indifcretion ...
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