The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for ReadingF. Louis, 1804 - 376 pages |
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... Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She brought an angel down . 2 Emphasis likewise serves to express some particular meaning not immediately arising from the words , but depending upon the ...
... Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She brought an angel down . 2 Emphasis likewise serves to express some particular meaning not immediately arising from the words , but depending upon the ...
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... better to reprove , than to be angry secretly . No revenge is more heroic , than that which torments envy , by doing good . The discretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a Transgression . Money , like ...
... better to reprove , than to be angry secretly . No revenge is more heroic , than that which torments envy , by doing good . The discretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a Transgression . Money , like ...
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... better than a gift . Lo , is not a word better than a gift ? but both are with a gracious man . Blame not , before thou hast examined the truth ; understand first , and then rebuke . If thou wouldest get a friend , prove him first , and ...
... better than a gift . Lo , is not a word better than a gift ? but both are with a gracious man . Blame not , before thou hast examined the truth ; understand first , and then rebuke . If thou wouldest get a friend , prove him first , and ...
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... better living on a little , than out - living a great deal . Next to the satisfaction I receive in the pros- perity of an honest man , I am best pleased with the confusion of a rascal . What is often termed shyness , is nothing more ...
... better living on a little , than out - living a great deal . Next to the satisfaction I receive in the pros- perity of an honest man , I am best pleased with the confusion of a rascal . What is often termed shyness , is nothing more ...
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... better company than the neigh- bouring villagers ; but having a desire of seeing the world , they forsook their companions and habitation , and determined to travel . Labour went soberly along the road with Health on the right hand ...
... better company than the neigh- bouring villagers ; but having a desire of seeing the world , they forsook their companions and habitation , and determined to travel . Labour went soberly along the road with Health on the right hand ...
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