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 is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By W. Enfield, ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - 405 pages |
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... of the oppofition . The following in- ftances are of this kind : ANGER may glance into the breast of a wife man ; but refts only in the bofom of fools . ] B 6 AN An angry man who fuppreffes his paffion , thinks worse ELOCUTION . xxiii.
... of the oppofition . The following in- ftances are of this kind : ANGER may glance into the breast of a wife man ; but refts only in the bofom of fools . ] B 6 AN An angry man who fuppreffes his paffion , thinks worse ELOCUTION . xxiii.
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... bofom of fools . NONE more impatiently fuffer injuries , than those that are most forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in paffing it over , he is fuperior . To err is human ; to forgive ...
... bofom of fools . NONE more impatiently fuffer injuries , than those that are most forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in paffing it over , he is fuperior . To err is human ; to forgive ...
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... bofom . This nymph had a dejected appearance , but fo foft and gentle a mien that she was be- loved to a degree of enthusiasm . Her voice was low and plaintive , but inexpreffibly fweet ; and fhe loved to lie for hours together on the ...
... bofom . This nymph had a dejected appearance , but fo foft and gentle a mien that she was be- loved to a degree of enthusiasm . Her voice was low and plaintive , but inexpreffibly fweet ; and fhe loved to lie for hours together on the ...
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... bofom bare , and throbbing , her garments torn by the briers , and her feet bleeding with the roughness of the path . The nymph is mortal , for her mother is fo ; and when he has fulfilled her deftined courfe upon the earth , they shall ...
... bofom bare , and throbbing , her garments torn by the briers , and her feet bleeding with the roughness of the path . The nymph is mortal , for her mother is fo ; and when he has fulfilled her deftined courfe upon the earth , they shall ...
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... bofom , faid fhe - it will do me good . AND is your heart ftill fo warm , Maria ? faid I. I TOUCHED upon the string on which hung all her forrows -fhe looked with wiftful diforder for fome time in my face ; and then , without faying ...
... bofom , faid fhe - it will do me good . AND is your heart ftill fo warm , Maria ? faid I. I TOUCHED upon the string on which hung all her forrows -fhe looked with wiftful diforder for fome time in my face ; and then , without faying ...
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