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Complaisance renders a superior amiable , an equal agreeable , and an inferior acceptable . Excess of ceremony shews want of breeding . That civility is best , which excludes all superfluous formality .
Complaisance renders a superior amiable , an equal agreeable , and an inferior acceptable . Excess of ceremony shews want of breeding . That civility is best , which excludes all superfluous formality .
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... With equal virtue form'd , and equal grace ; The same , distinguish'd by the sex alone : Her's the mild lustre of the blooming morn , And his the radiance of the risen day . They lov'd ; but such their guiltless passion was , As in ...
... With equal virtue form'd , and equal grace ; The same , distinguish'd by the sex alone : Her's the mild lustre of the blooming morn , And his the radiance of the risen day . They lov'd ; but such their guiltless passion was , As in ...
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If therefore you find that you have a hastiness in your temper , which unguardedly breaks out into indiscreet sallies , or rough expressions , to either your superiors , your equals , or your inferiors , watch it narrowly , check it ...
If therefore you find that you have a hastiness in your temper , which unguardedly breaks out into indiscreet sallies , or rough expressions , to either your superiors , your equals , or your inferiors , watch it narrowly , check it ...
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Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flow'ry food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood : Oh bliudness to the future ! kindly giv'n , That each may fill the circle marked by Heav'n ; Who sees with equal eye , as God of all ...
Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flow'ry food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood : Oh bliudness to the future ! kindly giv'n , That each may fill the circle marked by Heav'n ; Who sees with equal eye , as God of all ...
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... Where slares once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Christians thirst for gold . TO BE , contents his natural desire , He asks no Angel's wing , no Seraph's fire ; . But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His ...
... Where slares once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Christians thirst for gold . TO BE , contents his natural desire , He asks no Angel's wing , no Seraph's fire ; . But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His ...
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| Title | The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | F. Louis, 1804 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2018 |
| Length | 376 pages |
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