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 Taste |
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... LABOUR ......... World , Page Chap . Fage Spectator , 1514. SIR BALAAM .................. Pope , 36 16 15. EDWIN AND EMMA ... Mallett , 38 17 16. CELADON AND AMELIA ...... .. Thoraron , 40 18 17. JUNIO AND THEANA ...... Grainger , 42 ...
... LABOUR ......... World , Page Chap . Fage Spectator , 1514. SIR BALAAM .................. Pope , 36 16 15. EDWIN AND EMMA ... Mallett , 38 17 16. CELADON AND AMELIA ...... .. Thoraron , 40 18 17. JUNIO AND THEANA ...... Grainger , 42 ...
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... labour . And there can be no reason to doubt , that , in passing through that course of exercise , which is necessary in order to attain this end , much assistance may be derived from instruction . What are rules or lessons for ...
... labour . And there can be no reason to doubt , that , in passing through that course of exercise , which is necessary in order to attain this end , much assistance may be derived from instruction . What are rules or lessons for ...
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... labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . Be in peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one coun- sellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way . Let reason go before every enterprise , and counsel ...
... labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . Be in peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one coun- sellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way . Let reason go before every enterprise , and counsel ...
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... labour under it , by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favour . The difference there is betwixt honour and honesty seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does ...
... labour under it , by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favour . The difference there is betwixt honour and honesty seems to be chiefly in the motive . The honest man does that from duty , which the man of honour does ...
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... LABOUR . LABOUR , the offspring of Want , and the mother of Health and Contentment , lived with her two daughters in a little cottage , by the side of a hill , at a great distance from town . They were totally unacquainted with the ...
... LABOUR . LABOUR , the offspring of Want , and the mother of Health and Contentment , lived with her two daughters in a little cottage , by the side of a hill , at a great distance from town . They were totally unacquainted with the ...
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