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And , while the same great object continues to be pursued , by faithful
endeavours to cultivate the understandings of youth , and by a steady attention to
discipline , it is hoped , that you will have the satisfaction to observe the same
effects ...
And , while the same great object continues to be pursued , by faithful
endeavours to cultivate the understandings of youth , and by a steady attention to
discipline , it is hoped , that you will have the satisfaction to observe the same
effects ...
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For this reason we now find Luxury and Avarice taking poffeffion of the same
heart , and dividing the same person between them . To which I shall only add ,
that since the discarding of the counsellors abovementioned , Avarice supplies ...
For this reason we now find Luxury and Avarice taking poffeffion of the same
heart , and dividing the same person between them . To which I shall only add ,
that since the discarding of the counsellors abovementioned , Avarice supplies ...
Page 79
... they compose what we endeavour to express when we say a modest
assurance ; by which we understand the just mean between bashfulness , and
impudence . I SHALL conclude with observing , that as the same mau may be
both modeft ...
... they compose what we endeavour to express when we say a modest
assurance ; by which we understand the just mean between bashfulness , and
impudence . I SHALL conclude with observing , that as the same mau may be
both modeft ...
Page 86
ON HONOUR . i 1 EVERY principle that is a motive to good actions ought to he
encouraged , fince men are of fo different a make , that the same principle does
not work equally upon all minds . What some men are prompted to by conscience
...
ON HONOUR . i 1 EVERY principle that is a motive to good actions ought to he
encouraged , fince men are of fo different a make , that the same principle does
not work equally upon all minds . What some men are prompted to by conscience
...
Page 97
In your friendships and connections , as well as in your enmities , this rule is
particularly useful : let your firmness and vigour preserve and invite attachments
to you ; but , at the same time , let your manner hinder the enemies of your friends
...
In your friendships and connections , as well as in your enmities , this rule is
particularly useful : let your firmness and vigour preserve and invite attachments
to you ; but , at the same time , let your manner hinder the enemies of your friends
...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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