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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... perfection the pleasure arifing from these employments of the mind upon literary works of tafte , befides the foundation of good fenfe , and lively - sensibility , which must be laid by nature , several pre- paratory acquifitions are ...
... perfection the pleasure arifing from these employments of the mind upon literary works of tafte , befides the foundation of good fenfe , and lively - sensibility , which must be laid by nature , several pre- paratory acquifitions are ...
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... perfection ! " From his void embrace , Mysterious Heaven ! ) that moment to the ground , A blacken'd corfe , was ftruck the beauteous maid . But who can paint the lover as he stood , Pierc'd by fevere amazement , hating life , D 3 ...
... perfection ! " From his void embrace , Mysterious Heaven ! ) that moment to the ground , A blacken'd corfe , was ftruck the beauteous maid . But who can paint the lover as he stood , Pierc'd by fevere amazement , hating life , D 3 ...
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... perfection , was never feen to laugh . CHEERFULNESS of mind is not liable to any of these ex- ceptions ; it is of a ferious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the prefent ftate of humanity ...
... perfection , was never feen to laugh . CHEERFULNESS of mind is not liable to any of these ex- ceptions ; it is of a ferious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the prefent ftate of humanity ...
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... perfection , and confequently an increafe of happi- nefs ? The consciousness of fuch a being fpreads a perpe- tual diffufion of joy through the foul of a virtuous man , and makes him look upon himself every moment as more happy than he ...
... perfection , and confequently an increafe of happi- nefs ? The consciousness of fuch a being fpreads a perpe- tual diffufion of joy through the foul of a virtuous man , and makes him look upon himself every moment as more happy than he ...
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... perfection , That aids and strengthens virtue when it meets her ,. And imitates her actions where she is not . It ought not to be fported with.- CATO IN the fecond place , we are to confider those who have mistaken notions of honour ...
... perfection , That aids and strengthens virtue when it meets her ,. And imitates her actions where she is not . It ought not to be fported with.- CATO IN the fecond place , we are to confider those who have mistaken notions of honour ...
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