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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Page xliii
... the study of polite litera- ture cultivates the taste , and improves the heart ; and both unite , to form the Accomplished and Happy Man . BOOK I. Select Sentences . CHAP . I. To be ON READING WORKS OF TASTE . xliii.
... the study of polite litera- ture cultivates the taste , and improves the heart ; and both unite , to form the Accomplished and Happy Man . BOOK I. Select Sentences . CHAP . I. To be ON READING WORKS OF TASTE . xliii.
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... contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear , who dares to die . B There is but one way of fortifying the soul against ON ANGER Holland, 109 4 ON THE IMMORTALITY OF.
... contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear , who dares to die . B There is but one way of fortifying the soul against ON ANGER Holland, 109 4 ON THE IMMORTALITY OF.
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... happy . When once you profess yourself a friend , endeavour to be always such . He can never have any true friends , that will be often changing them . Prosperity gains friends , and adversity tries them . Nothing more engages the ...
... happy . When once you profess yourself a friend , endeavour to be always such . He can never have any true friends , that will be often changing them . Prosperity gains friends , and adversity tries them . Nothing more engages the ...
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... happy ; that he might make a distinction between the good and the bad , ordered the two youngest of the above - mentioned families , Pleasure , who was the daughter of Happiness , and Pain , who was the son of Misery , to meet one ...
... happy ; that he might make a distinction between the good and the bad , ordered the two youngest of the above - mentioned families , Pleasure , who was the daughter of Happiness , and Pain , who was the son of Misery , to meet one ...
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... happy period of the golden age , when all the ce- lestial inhabitants descended to the earth , and conversed familiarly with mortals , among the most cherished of the heavenly powers were twins , the offspring of Jupiter , Love and Joy ...
... happy period of the golden age , when all the ce- lestial inhabitants descended to the earth , and conversed familiarly with mortals , among the most cherished of the heavenly powers were twins , the offspring of Jupiter , Love and Joy ...
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