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The eye of the critic is often like a microscope , made fo very fine and nice , that it
discovers the atoms , grains , and minutest articles , without ever comprehending
the whole , comparing the parts , or seeing all at once the harmony . Men's zeal ...
The eye of the critic is often like a microscope , made fo very fine and nice , that it
discovers the atoms , grains , and minutest articles , without ever comprehending
the whole , comparing the parts , or seeing all at once the harmony . Men's zeal ...
Page 85
When a man hath once forfeited the reputation of his integrity , nothing will then
serve his turn , neither truth nor falfhood . INDEED , if a man were only to deal in
the world for a day , and should never have occasion to converse more with ...
When a man hath once forfeited the reputation of his integrity , nothing will then
serve his turn , neither truth nor falfhood . INDEED , if a man were only to deal in
the world for a day , and should never have occasion to converse more with ...
Page 144
a precipice , but if once we have taken the fatal leap , we must descend , whether
we will or no . Thus the mind , if duly cautious , may stand firm upon the rock of
tranquillity ; but if The rafhly forsakes the summit , she can scarce recover herfelf ...
a precipice , but if once we have taken the fatal leap , we must descend , whether
we will or no . Thus the mind , if duly cautious , may stand firm upon the rock of
tranquillity ; but if The rafhly forsakes the summit , she can scarce recover herfelf ...
Page 152
YES ES , noble lady , I swear by this blood , wliich was once so pure , and which
nothing but royal villainy could have polluted , that I will pursue Lucius Tarquinius
the proud , his wicked wife , and their children , with fire and sword : nor will I ...
YES ES , noble lady , I swear by this blood , wliich was once so pure , and which
nothing but royal villainy could have polluted , that I will pursue Lucius Tarquinius
the proud , his wicked wife , and their children , with fire and sword : nor will I ...
Page 181
-This must be the work of time -Corruption , is of so base a nature , that at first
fight it is extremely shocking --Hardly any one has submitted to it all at once . His
difposition must be previously understood , the particular bait must be found out
with ...
-This must be the work of time -Corruption , is of so base a nature , that at first
fight it is extremely shocking --Hardly any one has submitted to it all at once . His
difposition must be previously understood , the particular bait must be found out
with ...
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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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