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 is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By William Enfield ... A New Edition, Corrected ... |
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Page 4
... prefent . It is no part of wisdom , to be mifer- able to - day , because we may happen to be fo to - morrow . To mourn without measure is folly ; not to mourn at all , infenfibility . SOME would be thought to do great things , who are ...
... prefent . It is no part of wisdom , to be mifer- able to - day , because we may happen to be fo to - morrow . To mourn without measure is folly ; not to mourn at all , infenfibility . SOME would be thought to do great things , who are ...
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... prefent . It is faid that Luxury began the parley , and after having represented the endless state of war in which they were engaged , told his enemy , with a frankness of heart which is natural to him , that he believed they two fhould ...
... prefent . It is faid that Luxury began the parley , and after having represented the endless state of war in which they were engaged , told his enemy , with a frankness of heart which is natural to him , that he believed they two fhould ...
Page 27
... prefent condition , and very much perplexed in himfelf on the state of life he should chufe , he faw two wo- men of a larger stature than ordinary approaching towards him . One of them had a very noble air , and graceful de- portment ...
... prefent condition , and very much perplexed in himfelf on the state of life he should chufe , he faw two wo- men of a larger stature than ordinary approaching towards him . One of them had a very noble air , and graceful de- portment ...
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... prefent , to see how they liked her , and often looked on the figure fhe made in her own fhadow . Upon her nearer approach to Hercules , she stepped before the other lady , who came forward with a regular composed carriage , and running ...
... prefent , to see how they liked her , and often looked on the figure fhe made in her own fhadow . Upon her nearer approach to Hercules , she stepped before the other lady , who came forward with a regular composed carriage , and running ...
Page 65
... prefent ftate of humanity , and is very confpicuous in the characters of thofe who are looked upon as the greatest philofophers a- mong the Heathens , as well as among those who have been E 2 defe.vedly defervedly esteemed as faints and ...
... prefent ftate of humanity , and is very confpicuous in the characters of thofe who are looked upon as the greatest philofophers a- mong the Heathens , as well as among those who have been E 2 defe.vedly defervedly esteemed as faints and ...
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