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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... fear , joy , grief , love , or any other active passion arises in our minds , we naturally discover it by the particular manner in which we utter our words ; by the features of the countenance , and by other well - known signs . And ...
... fear , joy , grief , love , or any other active passion arises in our minds , we naturally discover it by the particular manner in which we utter our words ; by the features of the countenance , and by other well - known signs . And ...
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... fear , who dares to die . There is but one way of fortifying the soul against all gloomy presages and terrors of mind ; and that is , by securing to ourselves the friend- ship and protection of that Being who disposes of events , and ...
... fear , who dares to die . There is but one way of fortifying the soul against all gloomy presages and terrors of mind ; and that is , by securing to ourselves the friend- ship and protection of that Being who disposes of events , and ...
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... fear is nothing else , but a betrayer of the succours which reason offereth . A wise man will fear in every thing . He that contemneth small things , shall fall by little and little . A rich man beginning to fall is held up by his ...
... fear is nothing else , but a betrayer of the succours which reason offereth . A wise man will fear in every thing . He that contemneth small things , shall fall by little and little . A rich man beginning to fall is held up by his ...
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... fear : Seeing that death , a necessary end , Will come , when it will come . There is some soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out , For our bad neighbour makes us early stirrers ; Which is both healthful ...
... fear : Seeing that death , a necessary end , Will come , when it will come . There is some soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out , For our bad neighbour makes us early stirrers ; Which is both healthful ...
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... fear the weight of myself -- and my afflictions together - bave been too much for him --they have shortened the poor creature's days , and I fear I have them to answer for .-- Shame on the world ! said I to myself .-- Did we love each ...
... fear the weight of myself -- and my afflictions together - bave been too much for him --they have shortened the poor creature's days , and I fear I have them to answer for .-- Shame on the world ! said I to myself .-- Did we love each ...
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