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A young man who has been accustomed to perform frequent exercises in this art
in private , cannot easily persuade himself , when he appears before the public ,
to consider the business he has to perform , in any other liglit , than as a trial of ...
A young man who has been accustomed to perform frequent exercises in this art
in private , cannot easily persuade himself , when he appears before the public ,
to consider the business he has to perform , in any other liglit , than as a trial of ...
Page 11
A Liar begins with making falshood appear like truth , and ends with making truth
itself appear like falthood . Virtue should be considered as a part of taste ; and we
should as much avoid deceit , or finifter meanings in discourse as we would ...
A Liar begins with making falshood appear like truth , and ends with making truth
itself appear like falthood . Virtue should be considered as a part of taste ; and we
should as much avoid deceit , or finifter meanings in discourse as we would ...
Page 50
She came ; his cold hand softly touch'd , And bath'd with many a tear ; First falling
o'er the primrose pale So morning dews appear . 1 But oh ! his fifter's jealous
care ( A cruel fifter she ! ) Forbad what EMMA came to say , My Edwin , live for me
.
She came ; his cold hand softly touch'd , And bath'd with many a tear ; First falling
o'er the primrose pale So morning dews appear . 1 But oh ! his fifter's jealous
care ( A cruel fifter she ! ) Forbad what EMMA came to say , My Edwin , live for me
.
Page 141
He will be despised and neglected , you say , if he appears to have no
resentment . You should rather say , ifhe appears to have no sedate wisdom and
courage ; for these qualities will be sufficient of themselves to secure him from
contempt ...
He will be despised and neglected , you say , if he appears to have no
resentment . You should rather say , ifhe appears to have no sedate wisdom and
courage ; for these qualities will be sufficient of themselves to secure him from
contempt ...
Page 207
But one circumstance there appears , where your fimile seems to fail . The praise
indeed of the Pilot we allow to be in ... But yet I know not how to explain my felf , I
fear my doctrine will appear so strange . You may proceed , said I , safely , since
...
But one circumstance there appears , where your fimile seems to fail . The praise
indeed of the Pilot we allow to be in ... But yet I know not how to explain my felf , I
fear my doctrine will appear so strange . You may proceed , said I , safely , since
...
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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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