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 35
... law of the duchy , which , though feldom claimed , he faid , was no lefs in force ; he took his sword from his fide - Here - faid he -take it ; and be trusty guardians of it , till better times put me in condition to reclaim it . THE ...
... law of the duchy , which , though feldom claimed , he faid , was no lefs in force ; he took his sword from his fide - Here - faid he -take it ; and be trusty guardians of it , till better times put me in condition to reclaim it . THE ...
Page 55
... laws , ( philofophy's best child ) With rival beauties his attention claim'd . To his juft - judging , his inftructed eye , The all - perfect Medicean Venus feem'd A perfect femblance of his Indian fair : But when she spoke of love ...
... laws , ( philofophy's best child ) With rival beauties his attention claim'd . To his juft - judging , his inftructed eye , The all - perfect Medicean Venus feem'd A perfect femblance of his Indian fair : But when she spoke of love ...
Page 86
... Religion embraces virtue , as it is enjoined by the laws of God ; honour , as it is grace- ful and ornamental to human nature . The religious man fears , fears , the man of honour fcorns to do an 86 Book III .. DIDACTIC PIECES . Guardian.
... Religion embraces virtue , as it is enjoined by the laws of God ; honour , as it is grace- ful and ornamental to human nature . The religious man fears , fears , the man of honour fcorns to do an 86 Book III .. DIDACTIC PIECES . Guardian.
Page 87
... law of kings , The noble mind's diftinguishing perfection , That aids and strengthens virtue when it meets her ,. And ... laws of God or of their country ; who think it more honourable to revenge than to forgive an in- jury ; who make no ...
... law of kings , The noble mind's diftinguishing perfection , That aids and strengthens virtue when it meets her ,. And ... laws of God or of their country ; who think it more honourable to revenge than to forgive an in- jury ; who make no ...
Page 105
... laws , Of ORDER , fins against th ' Eternal Cause . POPE . CHA P. XIII . ON THE ORDER OF NATURE . EE , thro ' this air , this ocean , and this earth , SEE , All matter quick , and bursting into birth , Above , how high progreffive life ...
... laws , Of ORDER , fins against th ' Eternal Cause . POPE . CHA P. XIII . ON THE ORDER OF NATURE . EE , thro ' this air , this ocean , and this earth , SEE , All matter quick , and bursting into birth , Above , how high progreffive life ...
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