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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Page 43
... smiles thro ' heav'n When May's sweet mornings break Nor let the pride of great ones.scorn This charmer of the plains ; That sun which bids their diamonds blaze , To deck our lily deigns . Long had she fir'd each youth with love , Each ...
... smiles thro ' heav'n When May's sweet mornings break Nor let the pride of great ones.scorn This charmer of the plains ; That sun which bids their diamonds blaze , To deck our lily deigns . Long had she fir'd each youth with love , Each ...
Page 47
... smile around . Heavy with instant fate her bosom heav'd Unwonted sighs , and stealing oft a look Tow'rds the big gloom ... smiles on thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the secret shaft " That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour ...
... smile around . Heavy with instant fate her bosom heav'd Unwonted sighs , and stealing oft a look Tow'rds the big gloom ... smiles on thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the secret shaft " That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour ...
Page 64
... smile at a man's jest who ridiculed his Maker , and at the same time , run a man through the body who spoke ill of his friend . Timogenes would have scorned to have be- trayed a secret , that was intrusted with him , though the fate of ...
... smile at a man's jest who ridiculed his Maker , and at the same time , run a man through the body who spoke ill of his friend . Timogenes would have scorned to have be- trayed a secret , that was intrusted with him , though the fate of ...
Page 88
... smiles around , with boundless bounty blest , And Heav'n beholds its image in his breast . -3000- POPE . CHAP . XVII . ON VERSIFICATION . MANY by Numbers judge a Poet's song ; And smooth or rough , with them , is right or wrong : In the ...
... smiles around , with boundless bounty blest , And Heav'n beholds its image in his breast . -3000- POPE . CHAP . XVII . ON VERSIFICATION . MANY by Numbers judge a Poet's song ; And smooth or rough , with them , is right or wrong : In the ...
Page 91
... smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great Nature's favourites : a wealth That ne'er encumbers , nor to baser hands Can be transferr'd ; it is the only good Man justly bosts of , or can call his own . Riches are oft by guilt and baseness ...
... smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great Nature's favourites : a wealth That ne'er encumbers , nor to baser hands Can be transferr'd ; it is the only good Man justly bosts of , or can call his own . Riches are oft by guilt and baseness ...
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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