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Page 79
Such a person seems to have made a resolution to do ill even in spite of himself ,
and in defiance of all those checks and restraints his temper and complexion
seem to have laid in his way . UPON the whole , I would endeavour to establish
this ...
Such a person seems to have made a resolution to do ill even in spite of himself ,
and in defiance of all those checks and restraints his temper and complexion
seem to have laid in his way . UPON the whole , I would endeavour to establish
this ...
Page 83
ON SINCERITY : TRUTH " RUTH and fincerity have all the advantages of
appearance , and many more . If the shew of any thing be good for any thing , I
am sure the reality is better ; for why does any man dissemble , or seem to be that
which ...
ON SINCERITY : TRUTH " RUTH and fincerity have all the advantages of
appearance , and many more . If the shew of any thing be good for any thing , I
am sure the reality is better ; for why does any man dissemble , or seem to be that
which ...
Page 199
It should seem , by your representation , to be something very uncommon . Ask
me not the question , said he , you know not where it will ... the very subject itself
is always enough to give me pain . That , replied I , seems : a paradox indeed .
It should seem , by your representation , to be something very uncommon . Ask
me not the question , said he , you know not where it will ... the very subject itself
is always enough to give me pain . That , replied I , seems : a paradox indeed .
Page 201
This indeed , replied I , seems to be agreed on all hands . ... It is evident , said I. If
it be , continued he , it should seem that they all considered the Chief or
Sovereign Good , not to be that , which conduces to bare existence or mere being
; for to ...
This indeed , replied I , seems to be agreed on all hands . ... It is evident , said I. If
it be , continued he , it should seem that they all considered the Chief or
Sovereign Good , not to be that , which conduces to bare existence or mere being
; for to ...
Page 413
Men should be what they seem ; Or , those that be not , would they might seem
knaves . Ors . Certain ! men should be what they seem . IAGO . Why , then I think
Caffio's an honest man . Ori . Nay , yet there's more in this ; I pray thee speak to
me ...
Men should be what they seem ; Or , those that be not , would they might seem
knaves . Ors . Certain ! men should be what they seem . IAGO . Why , then I think
Caffio's an honest man . Ori . Nay , yet there's more in this ; I pray thee speak to
me ...
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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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