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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... 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 secretly ...
... 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 secretly ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... virtues by which it ought to be obtained . Titles of honour con- ferred upon such as have no personal merit , are at best but the royal stamp set upon base metal . Though an honourable title may be conveyed to posterity , yet the ...
... virtues by which it ought to be obtained . Titles of honour con- ferred upon such as have no personal merit , are at best but the royal stamp set upon base metal . Though an honourable title may be conveyed to posterity , yet the ...
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... Virtue should be considered a part of taste ; and we should as much avoid deceit , or sinister meanings in discourse , as we would puns , bad language , or false grammar . CHAP . VII . DEFERENCE EFERENCE is the most complicate , the ...
... Virtue should be considered a part of taste ; and we should as much avoid deceit , or sinister meanings in discourse , as we would puns , bad language , or false grammar . CHAP . VII . DEFERENCE EFERENCE is the most complicate , the ...
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... virtues would be proud , if our faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair , if they were not cherished by our virtues . The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon , In corporal ...
... virtues would be proud , if our faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair , if they were not cherished by our virtues . The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon , In corporal ...
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