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 |
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Page 84
... hold out and laft longeft . The arts of deceit and cunning continually grow weaker and lefs effectual and ferviceable to those that practise them ; whereas integrity gains ftrength by ufe , and the more and longer any man practifeth it ...
... hold out and laft longeft . The arts of deceit and cunning continually grow weaker and lefs effectual and ferviceable to those that practise them ; whereas integrity gains ftrength by ufe , and the more and longer any man practifeth it ...
Page 85
... reputation whilst he is in it , let him make use of truth and fincerity in all his words and actions , for nothing but this will hold out to the end . end . All other arts may fail , but truth CHAP . III . 85 DIDACTIC PIECE 8 .
... reputation whilst he is in it , let him make use of truth and fincerity in all his words and actions , for nothing but this will hold out to the end . end . All other arts may fail , but truth CHAP . III . 85 DIDACTIC PIECE 8 .
Page 91
... holds us at the diftance of pupils , or whofe wit calls all attention from us , and leave us without importance and without regard . Ir is remarked by prince Henry , when he fees Falftaff lying on the ground , " that he could have ...
... holds us at the diftance of pupils , or whofe wit calls all attention from us , and leave us without importance and without regard . Ir is remarked by prince Henry , when he fees Falftaff lying on the ground , " that he could have ...
Page 102
... hold , as ' twere , the mirror up to na- ture ; to fhew virtue her own feature , fcorn her own image , and the very age and body of the time , his form and preffure . Now , this overdone , or come tardy of , though it make the unskilful ...
... hold , as ' twere , the mirror up to na- ture ; to fhew virtue her own feature , fcorn her own image , and the very age and body of the time , his form and preffure . Now , this overdone , or come tardy of , though it make the unskilful ...
Page 122
... hold Their vital leafe . Laborious terms and hard ; But fuch the tenure of our earthly state ! Riches and fame are Industry's reward ; The nimble runner courses Fortune down , And then he banquets , for the feeds the bold . Think what ...
... hold Their vital leafe . Laborious terms and hard ; But fuch the tenure of our earthly state ! Riches and fame are Industry's reward ; The nimble runner courses Fortune down , And then he banquets , for the feeds the bold . Think what ...
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