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. To which is Prefixed an Essay on ElocutionSimms&McIntyre, 1811 - 644 pages |
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... fortune , unless he had before suffered himself to be deceived by her favours . Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man , but rests only in the bosom of tools . None more impatiently suffer injuries , than those that are most ...
... fortune , unless he had before suffered himself to be deceived by her favours . Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man , but rests only in the bosom of tools . None more impatiently suffer injuries , than those that are most ...
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... fortune and to be honourable Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity . O that estates , degrees , and offices , Were not derived corruptly , that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer ...
... fortune and to be honourable Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity . O that estates , degrees , and offices , Were not derived corruptly , that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer ...
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... fortune which will ne- ver happen to any traveller , but a sentimental one , that I should be at Rennes at the very time of this solemn requisition ; I call it solemn - it was so to me . The Marquis entered the court with his whole fa ...
... fortune which will ne- ver happen to any traveller , but a sentimental one , that I should be at Rennes at the very time of this solemn requisition ; I call it solemn - it was so to me . The Marquis entered the court with his whole fa ...
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... fortune proves a foe . His sister , who like envy form d , Like her in mischief joy'd , To work them harm , with wicked skill Each darker art employ'd . The father too , a sordid man , Who love nor pity knew , Was all unfeeling as the ...
... fortune proves a foe . His sister , who like envy form d , Like her in mischief joy'd , To work them harm , with wicked skill Each darker art employ'd . The father too , a sordid man , Who love nor pity knew , Was all unfeeling as the ...
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... fortunes , That I have past . I ran it through , ev'n from my boyish days , To the very moment that he bade me tell it . Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances , Of Of moving accidents by flood and field : Of hair 52 BOOK 11 ...
... fortunes , That I have past . I ran it through , ev'n from my boyish days , To the very moment that he bade me tell it . Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances , Of Of moving accidents by flood and field : Of hair 52 BOOK 11 ...
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Acmit army Avarice Balaam behold bliss bosom breast Brutus Cæsar CELADON CHAP cheerfulness Dæmon danger daugh daughter death divine doth earth endeavour eternal Ev'n ev'ry fate father fear fool fortune FRAM Gauls give Gods grace Grongar Hill hand happy hast hath head hear heart heav'n honour hope hour humour IAGO king labour learning live look Lord MACD mankind Maria marriage means mind modesty motley fool Muse nature Nature's never noble nymph o'er once pain passion Patricians peace perfection person pity pleasure poor pow'r praise pride Romans sapadillas Scythians sense shade SHAKSPEARE SIR JOHN smiles SNEYD DAVIES soul speak spirit STERL suavitèr sweet Syphax tears tell Theana thee thing thou thought Tis green truth twas uncle Toby virtue virtuous voice whole wisdom wise words youth