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A wise man will fear in every thing . He that contemn . eth small things , shall fall
by little and little . ... a rich man is fallen he hath many helpers ; he speaketh
things not to be spoken , and yet men justify him : the poor man flipt and they
rebuked ...
A wise man will fear in every thing . He that contemn . eth small things , shall fall
by little and little . ... a rich man is fallen he hath many helpers ; he speaketh
things not to be spoken , and yet men justify him : the poor man flipt and they
rebuked ...
Page 83
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 he is not , but because
he thinks it good to have the qualities he pretends to ? For to counterfeit and ...
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 he is not , but because
he thinks it good to have the qualities he pretends to ? For to counterfeit and ...
Page 85
But infincerity is very troublesome to manage ; a hypocrite hath so many things to
attend to , as make his life a very perplexed and intricate thing . A liar hath need
of a good memory , left he contradict at one time what he said at another ; but ...
But infincerity is very troublesome to manage ; a hypocrite hath so many things to
attend to , as make his life a very perplexed and intricate thing . A liar hath need
of a good memory , left he contradict at one time what he said at another ; but ...
Page 218
traordinary ; such things happen every day ; and as the world had only heard
generally of a treaty between the families ... Sir John . The very thing . STERL .
Odfo ! I had quite forgot . We are reckoning without our host here . There is
another ...
traordinary ; such things happen every day ; and as the world had only heard
generally of a treaty between the families ... Sir John . The very thing . STERL .
Odfo ! I had quite forgot . We are reckoning without our host here . There is
another ...
Page 219
But , Sir John ! one thing more . My Lord must know nothing of this stroke of
friendship between us . Sir John . Not for the world . Let me alone ! let me alone ,
STERL . And when every thing is agreed , we must give each other a bond to be
held ...
But , Sir John ! one thing more . My Lord must know nothing of this stroke of
friendship between us . Sir John . Not for the world . Let me alone ! let me alone ,
STERL . And when every thing is agreed , we must give each other a bond to be
held ...
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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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