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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... light up glory thro ' her wide domain Their various tastes in different arts difplay'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and shade , With friendly union in one mafs thall blend , And this adorn the state , and that defend . I am , With ...
... light up glory thro ' her wide domain Their various tastes in different arts difplay'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and shade , With friendly union in one mafs thall blend , And this adorn the state , and that defend . I am , With ...
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... light , than as a trial of skill , and a difplay of oratory . Hence it is that the character of an orator has of late often been treated with ridicule , fome times with contempt . We are pleased with the easy and graceful movements ...
... light , than as a trial of skill , and a difplay of oratory . Hence it is that the character of an orator has of late often been treated with ridicule , fome times with contempt . We are pleased with the easy and graceful movements ...
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... a name . Heaven doth with us , as we with torches do , Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us , ' twere all alike D 19 As if we had them not . Spirits are not CHAP 8 37 SELECT SENTENCES .
... a name . Heaven doth with us , as we with torches do , Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us , ' twere all alike D 19 As if we had them not . Spirits are not CHAP 8 37 SELECT SENTENCES .
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... light and dark- nefs . The one of them lived in heaven and the other in hell . The youngest defcendant of the firft family was Pleasure , who was the daughter of Happiness , who was the child of Virtue , who was the offspring of the ...
... light and dark- nefs . The one of them lived in heaven and the other in hell . The youngest defcendant of the firft family was Pleasure , who was the daughter of Happiness , who was the child of Virtue , who was the offspring of the ...
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... light ! The old man hearing this , fet his boy upon the afs , and went whifting by the fide of him . Why , firrah ! ( cries a fecond man to the boy ) is it fit for you to be riding , while your poor old father is walk- ing on foot ? The ...
... light ! The old man hearing this , fet his boy upon the afs , and went whifting by the fide of him . Why , firrah ! ( cries a fecond man to the boy ) is it fit for you to be riding , while your poor old father is walk- ing on foot ? The ...
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