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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... truth , and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood . Virtue should be considered a part of taste ; and we should as much avoid deceit , or sinister meanings in discourse , as we would puns , bad language , or false grammar ...
... truth , and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood . Virtue should be considered a part of taste ; and we should as much avoid deceit , or sinister meanings in discourse , as we would puns , bad language , or false grammar ...
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... truth : there are abundance of cases which occasion suspense , in which whatever they determine , they will repent of the determination ; and this through a propensity of human nature to fancy hap- piness in those schemes which it does ...
... truth : there are abundance of cases which occasion suspense , in which whatever they determine , they will repent of the determination ; and this through a propensity of human nature to fancy hap- piness in those schemes which it does ...
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... truth of it is , they generally found upon search , that in the most vicious man , Pleasure might lay claim to an hundredth part ; and in the most virtuous man , Pain might come in for at least two thirds . This they saw would occasion ...
... truth of it is , they generally found upon search , that in the most vicious man , Pleasure might lay claim to an hundredth part ; and in the most virtuous man , Pain might come in for at least two thirds . This they saw would occasion ...
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... truth , that there is nothing truly va- luable which can be purchased without pains and labour . The Gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure . If you would gain the favour of the Deity , you must be at the pains of ...
... truth , that there is nothing truly va- luable which can be purchased without pains and labour . The Gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure . If you would gain the favour of the Deity , you must be at the pains of ...
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... truth . ' Twas friendship heighten'd by the mutual wish . Th ' enchanting hope , and sympathetic glow , Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; C Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd power Of ...
... truth . ' Twas friendship heighten'd by the mutual wish . Th ' enchanting hope , and sympathetic glow , Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; C Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd power Of ...
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