The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays |
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... fools . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . An angry man who suppresses his passion , thinks worse thau he speaks ; and an angry man that will chide , speaks worse than he thinks . Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heav'n . He ...
... fools . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . An angry man who suppresses his passion , thinks worse thau he speaks ; and an angry man that will chide , speaks worse than he thinks . Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heav'n . He ...
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... fools . As to be perfectly just , is an attribute of the divine nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the ... fool who fancied he played upon the organ , when he only blew the bellows . Though a man may become learned by ...
... fools . As to be perfectly just , is an attribute of the divine nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the ... fool who fancied he played upon the organ , when he only blew the bellows . Though a man may become learned by ...
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... fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . It is the infirmity of little minds , to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing that sparkles : great minds have but little admiration , because few things appear ...
... fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . It is the infirmity of little minds , to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing that sparkles : great minds have but little admiration , because few things appear ...
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... fools is in- their mouth , but the tongue of the wise is in their heart . To labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . : Be in peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one coun sellor of a thousand , Be not ...
... fools is in- their mouth , but the tongue of the wise is in their heart . To labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . : Be in peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one coun sellor of a thousand , Be not ...
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... fools The way to dusky death . Out , out , brief candle ! Life's but a walking shadow , a poor player , That struts and frets his hour upon the stage , And then is heard no more ! It is a tale Told by an idiot , full of sound and fury ...
... fools The way to dusky death . Out , out , brief candle ! Life's but a walking shadow , a poor player , That struts and frets his hour upon the stage , And then is heard no more ! It is a tale Told by an idiot , full of sound and fury ...
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