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... comprehending the whole , comparing the parts , or seeing all at once the
harmony . Men's zeal for religion is much of the same kind as that which they
shew for a foot - ball : whenever it is contested for , everyone is ready to venture
their ...
... comprehending the whole , comparing the parts , or seeing all at once the
harmony . Men's zeal for religion is much of the same kind as that which they
shew for a foot - ball : whenever it is contested for , everyone is ready to venture
their ...
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Shorn indeed ! and to the quick , said I ; and wast thou in my own land , where I
have a cottage , I would take thee to it and shelter thee ; thou shouldst eat of my
own bread , and drink of my own cup— I would be kind to thy Sylvioin all thy ...
Shorn indeed ! and to the quick , said I ; and wast thou in my own land , where I
have a cottage , I would take thee to it and shelter thee ; thou shouldst eat of my
own bread , and drink of my own cup— I would be kind to thy Sylvioin all thy ...
Page 92
Surely nothing can be more unreasonable than to lose the will to please , when
we are conscious of the power , or Thew more cruelty than to chuse any kind of
influence before that of kindness . He that regards the welfare of others , should ...
Surely nothing can be more unreasonable than to lose the will to please , when
we are conscious of the power , or Thew more cruelty than to chuse any kind of
influence before that of kindness . He that regards the welfare of others , should ...
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( Nature , whose dictates to no other kind Are given in vain , but what they seek
they find ) Wise is her present ; lhe connects in this His greatest Virtue with his
greatest Bliss ; At once his own bright prospect to be blest , And strongest motive
to ...
( Nature , whose dictates to no other kind Are given in vain , but what they seek
they find ) Wise is her present ; lhe connects in this His greatest Virtue with his
greatest Bliss ; At once his own bright prospect to be blest , And strongest motive
to ...
Page 250
I beheld his body half wasted away with long expectation and.confinement , and
felt what kind of fickness of the heart it was which arises from hope deferred .
Upon looking nearer I saw him pale and feverish : in thirty years the western
breeze ...
I beheld his body half wasted away with long expectation and.confinement , and
felt what kind of fickness of the heart it was which arises from hope deferred .
Upon looking nearer I saw him pale and feverish : in thirty years the western
breeze ...
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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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