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I have only to add , that after the utmost pains have been taken to acquire a just
elocution , and this with the greatest success , there is some difficulty in carrying
the art of speaking out of the school , or chamber , to the bar , the senate , or the ...
I have only to add , that after the utmost pains have been taken to acquire a just
elocution , and this with the greatest success , there is some difficulty in carrying
the art of speaking out of the school , or chamber , to the bar , the senate , or the ...
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PLEASURE and Pain were no sooner met in their new habitation , but they
immediately agreed upon this point , that Pleasure should take poffeffion of the
virtuous , and Pain of the vicious part ofthat species which was given up to them .
PLEASURE and Pain were no sooner met in their new habitation , but they
immediately agreed upon this point , that Pleasure should take poffeffion of the
virtuous , and Pain of the vicious part ofthat species which was given up to them .
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Come along with me into this region of delights , this world of pleasure , and bid
farewel for ever to care , to pain , to business . HERCULES hearing the lady talk
after this manner , defired to know her name ; to which he answered , My friends ...
Come along with me into this region of delights , this world of pleasure , and bid
farewel for ever to care , to pain , to business . HERCULES hearing the lady talk
after this manner , defired to know her name ; to which he answered , My friends ...
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But , before I invite you into my society and friendship , I will be open and sincere
with you , and must lay down this as an eftablished truth , that there is nothing
truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour . The Gods have
...
But , before I invite you into my society and friendship , I will be open and sincere
with you , and must lay down this as an eftablished truth , that there is nothing
truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour . The Gods have
...
Page 126
Tis come , the glorious morn ! the second birth Of heaven , and earth ?
awakening Nature hears The new creating word , and starts to life , In every
heightened form pain and death For ever free . The great eternal scheme
Involving all , and in a ...
Tis come , the glorious morn ! the second birth Of heaven , and earth ?
awakening Nature hears The new creating word , and starts to life , In every
heightened form pain and death For ever free . The great eternal scheme
Involving all , and in a ...
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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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