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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... meet with more reproaches , than all his virtues , praise such is the force of ill - will , and ill - nature . It is harder to avoid censure , than to gain : " applause ; for this may be done by one A 3 Chap . iv . SELECT SENTENCES .
... meet with more reproaches , than all his virtues , praise such is the force of ill - will , and ill - nature . It is harder to avoid censure , than to gain : " applause ; for this may be done by one A 3 Chap . iv . SELECT SENTENCES .
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... praise of one's self ; nor saw the most beauti- ful object , which is the work of one's own hands . Your votaries pass away their youth in a dream of mistaken pleasures , while they are hoard- ing up anguish , torment and remorse , for ...
... praise of one's self ; nor saw the most beauti- ful object , which is the work of one's own hands . Your votaries pass away their youth in a dream of mistaken pleasures , while they are hoard- ing up anguish , torment and remorse , for ...
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... praise and transport to his breast . At length , quite vain , he needs would shew His master what his art could do ; And bade his slaves the chariot lead To Academus ' sacred shade . The trembling grove confess'd its fright , The wood ...
... praise and transport to his breast . At length , quite vain , he needs would shew His master what his art could do ; And bade his slaves the chariot lead To Academus ' sacred shade . The trembling grove confess'd its fright , The wood ...
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... praise and thanksgiving to Providence under all its dispensations . It is a kind of ac- quiescence in the state wherein we are placed , and a secret approbation of the Divine will in his conduct towards man . A man , who uses his best ...
... praise and thanksgiving to Providence under all its dispensations . It is a kind of ac- quiescence in the state wherein we are placed , and a secret approbation of the Divine will in his conduct towards man . A man , who uses his best ...
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... praise without the labour of deserving it , in which the most elevated mind is willing to descend , and the most active to be at rest . All therefore are at some hour or another fond of companions whom they can entertain upon easy terms ...
... praise without the labour of deserving it , in which the most elevated mind is willing to descend , and the most active to be at rest . All therefore are at some hour or another fond of companions whom they can entertain upon easy terms ...
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