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Expression hath indeed been so little studied in public speaking , that we seem almost to have forgotten the language of nature , and are ready to consider every attempt to recover it as the laboured and affected effort of art .
Expression hath indeed been so little studied in public speaking , that we seem almost to have forgotten the language of nature , and are ready to consider every attempt to recover it as the laboured and affected effort of art .
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Even virtue itself hath its stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to revenge it afterwards . It is much better to reprove , than to be angry ...
Even virtue itself hath its stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to revenge it afterwards . It is much better to reprove , than to be angry ...
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No man hath a thorough taste of prosperity , to whom adversity never happened . When our vices leave us , we flatter ourselves that we leave them . It is as great a point of wisdom to hide ignorance , as to discover knowledge .
No man hath a thorough taste of prosperity , to whom adversity never happened . When our vices leave us , we flatter ourselves that we leave them . It is as great a point of wisdom to hide ignorance , as to discover knowledge .
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Many have fallen by the edge of the sword , but not so many as have fallen by the tongue : well is he who is defended from it , and hath not passed through the venom thereof ; who bath not drawn the yoke thereof , nor been : > ز : bound ...
Many have fallen by the edge of the sword , but not so many as have fallen by the tongue : well is he who is defended from it , and hath not passed through the venom thereof ; who bath not drawn the yoke thereof , nor been : > ز : bound ...
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Admonish thy friend ; it may be , he hath not said it , or if he have , that he speak it not again . Admonish a friend ; for many times it is a slan. der ; and believe not every tale . There is one ; that slippeth in his speech ...
Admonish thy friend ; it may be , he hath not said it , or if he have , that he speak it not again . Admonish a friend ; for many times it is a slan. der ; and believe not every tale . There is one ; that slippeth in his speech ...
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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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