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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... light up glory thro ' her wide domain ; Their various tastes in different arts display'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and shade , With friendly union in one mass shall blend , And this adorn the state , and that defend . I am , With ...
... light up glory thro ' her wide domain ; Their various tastes in different arts display'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and shade , With friendly union in one mass shall blend , And this adorn the state , and that defend . I am , With ...
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... light , than as a trial of skill , and a display of oratory . Hence it is , that the character of an Orator has of late often been treated with ridi- cule , sometimes with contempt . We are pleased with the easy and graceful movements ...
... light , than as a trial of skill , and a display of oratory . Hence it is , that the character of an Orator has of late often been treated with ridi- cule , sometimes with contempt . We are pleased with the easy and graceful movements ...
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... light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us , ' twere all alike As if we had them not . Spirits are not finely touch'd , But to fine issues : nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But ...
... light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us , ' twere all alike As if we had them not . Spirits are not finely touch'd , But to fine issues : nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But ...
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... light and darkness . The one of them lived in heaven , and the other in hell . The youngest descendant of the first family was Plea- sure , who was the daughter of Happiness , who was the offspring of the Gods . These , as I said before ...
... light and darkness . The one of them lived in heaven , and the other in hell . The youngest descendant of the first family was Plea- sure , who was the daughter of Happiness , who was the offspring of the Gods . These , as I said before ...
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... light ! The old man hearing this , set his boy upon the ass , and went whistling by the side of him . Why sirrah ! ( cries a second to the boy ) is it fit for you to be riding , while your poor old father is walking on foot ? The father ...
... light ! The old man hearing this , set his boy upon the ass , and went whistling by the side of him . Why sirrah ! ( cries a second to the boy ) is it fit for you to be riding , while your poor old father is walking on foot ? The father ...
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