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 |
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... with reputation to themselves , and advantage to the Public . a 2 And . And , while the fame great object continues to be The Beggar's Petition BOOK DIDACTIC PIECES On Modesty Page Spectator 77 On Cheerfulness Ibid 80 On Sincerity.
... with reputation to themselves , and advantage to the Public . a 2 And . And , while the fame great object continues to be The Beggar's Petition BOOK DIDACTIC PIECES On Modesty Page Spectator 77 On Cheerfulness Ibid 80 On Sincerity.
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... fame great object continues to be purfued , by faithful endeavours to cultivate the understandings of youth , and by a steady attention to difcipline , it is hoped , that you will have the fatisfaction to obferve the fame effects ...
... fame great object continues to be purfued , by faithful endeavours to cultivate the understandings of youth , and by a steady attention to difcipline , it is hoped , that you will have the fatisfaction to obferve the fame effects ...
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... fame Subject III . On Criticifm IV . On Negroes V. VI . VII . Rivers and Sir Harry Sir John Melvil and Sterling Belcour and Stockwell VIII . Lord Euftace and Frampton IX . Duke and Lord X. Duke and Jaques Ibid . 204 Sterne 209 Ibid ...
... fame Subject III . On Criticifm IV . On Negroes V. VI . VII . Rivers and Sir Harry Sir John Melvil and Sterling Belcour and Stockwell VIII . Lord Euftace and Frampton IX . Duke and Lord X. Duke and Jaques Ibid . 204 Sterne 209 Ibid ...
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... fame thing as speaking loud ; and not observing , that whether a speaker shall be heard or not , depends more upon the diftinctnefs and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height of the key in which he speaks . WITHIN a ...
... fame thing as speaking loud ; and not observing , that whether a speaker shall be heard or not , depends more upon the diftinctnefs and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height of the key in which he speaks . WITHIN a ...
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... fame manner . EMPHASIS may also serve to intimate fome allufion , to exprefs surprise , or to convey an oblique hint . For ex- ample : While expletives their feeble aid Do join . He faid ; then full before their fight Produc'd the beaft ...
... fame manner . EMPHASIS may also serve to intimate fome allufion , to exprefs surprise , or to convey an oblique hint . For ex- ample : While expletives their feeble aid Do join . He faid ; then full before their fight Produc'd the beaft ...
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