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Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She brought an angel down . a Emphasis likewise serves to express some particular meaning not immediately arising from the words , but depending upon the ...
Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She brought an angel down . a Emphasis likewise serves to express some particular meaning not immediately arising from the words , but depending upon the ...
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Philosophy is then only valuable , when it serves for the law of life , and not for the ostentation of science . CHA P. I I. > Without a friend , the world is but a wilderness . A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances , and not ...
Philosophy is then only valuable , when it serves for the law of life , and not for the ostentation of science . CHA P. I I. > Without a friend , the world is but a wilderness . A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances , and not ...
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Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well , When our deep plots do fail ; and that should on , teach us , There's a divinity that shapes our ends Rough hew them how we will . The poet's eye in a fine phrenzy rolling , Doth glance from ...
Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well , When our deep plots do fail ; and that should on , teach us , There's a divinity that shapes our ends Rough hew them how we will . The poet's eye in a fine phrenzy rolling , Doth glance from ...
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... being faithfully served by Hunger , Industry , Care and Watchfulness . He had likewise a privy counsellor , who was always at his elbow , and whispering something or other in his ear ; the name of this privycounsellor vas Poverty .
... being faithfully served by Hunger , Industry , Care and Watchfulness . He had likewise a privy counsellor , who was always at his elbow , and whispering something or other in his ear ; the name of this privycounsellor vas Poverty .
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... must take care to serve it . 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 .
... must take care to serve it . 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 .
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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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