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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... human nature to fancy hap- piness in those schemes which it does not pursue . The chief advantage that ancient writers can boast over modern ones seems owing to sim- plicity . Every noble truth and sentiment was expressed by the former ...
... human nature to fancy hap- piness in those schemes which it does not pursue . The chief advantage that ancient writers can boast over modern ones seems owing to sim- plicity . Every noble truth and sentiment was expressed by the former ...
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... and com- posed nature it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very conspicuous in the cha : racters of those who are looked upon as the greatest DIDACTIC PIECES . Book j ibid.
... and com- posed nature it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very conspicuous in the cha : racters of those who are looked upon as the greatest DIDACTIC PIECES . Book j ibid.
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... human nature . The religious man fears , the man of Honour scorns to do an ill action . The latter considers vice as something that is beneath him , the other as something that is offensive to the Divine Being . The one as what is ...
... human nature . The religious man fears , the man of Honour scorns to do an ill action . The latter considers vice as something that is beneath him , the other as something that is offensive to the Divine Being . The one as what is ...
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... human nature , that he who wants it scarce deserves the name of a man ; but we find several who so much abuse this notion , that they place the whole idea of honour in a kind of brutal cou- rage ; by which means we have had many among ...
... human nature , that he who wants it scarce deserves the name of a man ; but we find several who so much abuse this notion , that they place the whole idea of honour in a kind of brutal cou- rage ; by which means we have had many among ...
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... human abilities , are surprised to see men wrinkled with study , yet wanting to be instructed in the minute circumstances of pro- priety , or the necessary forms of daily transac- tion ; and quickly shake off their reverence for modes ...
... human abilities , are surprised to see men wrinkled with study , yet wanting to be instructed in the minute circumstances of pro- priety , or the necessary forms of daily transac- tion ; and quickly shake off their reverence for modes ...
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