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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... hope in th ' air of men's fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down , Into the fatal bowels of the deep . Who shall go about To cozen fortune and to be honourable Without the stamp of merit ...
... hope in th ' air of men's fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down , Into the fatal bowels of the deep . Who shall go about To cozen fortune and to be honourable Without the stamp of merit ...
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... hope you will gain both for yourself and me an immortal reputation . But before I invite you into my society and friendship , I , will be open and sincere with yon , and must lay down this as an esta blished truth , that there is ...
... hope you will gain both for yourself and me an immortal reputation . But before I invite you into my society and friendship , I , will be open and sincere with yon , and must lay down this as an esta blished truth , that there is ...
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... Hope , who was his nurse , and conveyed by her to the forests of Arcadia , where he was brought up among the shepherds . But Jupiter assigned him a different partner , and commanded him to espouse SORROW , the daughter of Ate . He ...
... Hope , who was his nurse , and conveyed by her to the forests of Arcadia , where he was brought up among the shepherds . But Jupiter assigned him a different partner , and commanded him to espouse SORROW , the daughter of Ate . He ...
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... hope , had caught his eye , Alas ! unhappy youth , he cry'd , Expect no praise from me , ( and sigh'd ) With indignation I survey Such skill and judgment thrown away . The time profusely squander'd there , On vulgar arts beneath thy ...
... hope , had caught his eye , Alas ! unhappy youth , he cry'd , Expect no praise from me , ( and sigh'd ) With indignation I survey Such skill and judgment thrown away . The time profusely squander'd there , On vulgar arts beneath thy ...
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... hope , and sympathetic glow , Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; Supremely Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd pow'r Of giving joy 46 BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES . Thomson,
... hope , and sympathetic glow , Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; Supremely Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd pow'r Of giving joy 46 BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES . Thomson,
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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