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Be in peace with many ; nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way . Let reason go before every enterprize , and counsel before every action . CHAP . V I. HE The latter part of a wise man's life ...
Be in peace with many ; nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way . Let reason go before every enterprize , and counsel before every action . CHAP . V I. HE The latter part of a wise man's life ...
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At last , in order to an accommodation , they agreed upon this preliminary , that each of them should immediately dismiss his privy - counsellor . When things were thus far adjusted towards a peace , > > all other differences were soon ...
At last , in order to an accommodation , they agreed upon this preliminary , that each of them should immediately dismiss his privy - counsellor . When things were thus far adjusted towards a peace , > > all other differences were soon ...
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The affairs of either war or peace shall have no power to disturb you . Your whole employment shall be to make your life easy , and to entertain every sense , with its proper gratifications . Sumptuous tables , beds of roses , clouds of ...
The affairs of either war or peace shall have no power to disturb you . Your whole employment shall be to make your life easy , and to entertain every sense , with its proper gratifications . Sumptuous tables , beds of roses , clouds of ...
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In short , if you would be eminent in war or peace , you must become master of all the qualifications that can make you so . These are the only terms and conditions upon which I can propose happiness . The Goddess of pleasure here broke ...
In short , if you would be eminent in war or peace , you must become master of all the qualifications that can make you so . These are the only terms and conditions upon which I can propose happiness . The Goddess of pleasure here broke ...
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... The safe retreat of health and peace , A humble cottage stood . There beauteous Emma flourish'd fair . Beneath her mother's eye , Whose only wish on earth was now To see her blest , and die . The softest blush that nature spreads ...
... The safe retreat of health and peace , A humble cottage stood . There beauteous Emma flourish'd fair . Beneath her mother's eye , Whose only wish on earth was now To see her blest , and die . The softest blush that nature spreads ...
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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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