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 William Enfield ... A New Edition, Corrected ... |
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Page 74
... intereft , and treat those per- fons as vifionaries , who dare stand up in a corrupt age , for what has not its immediate reward joined to it . The talents , intereft , or experience of fuch men , make them very often ufeful in all ...
... intereft , and treat those per- fons as vifionaries , who dare stand up in a corrupt age , for what has not its immediate reward joined to it . The talents , intereft , or experience of fuch men , make them very often ufeful in all ...
Page 77
... intereft as well as my zeal for general happiness makes me defirous to rectify ; for I have a friend , who because he knows his own fidelity and afefulness , is never willing to fink into a companion . I have a wife whose beauty first ...
... intereft as well as my zeal for general happiness makes me defirous to rectify ; for I have a friend , who because he knows his own fidelity and afefulness , is never willing to fink into a companion . I have a wife whose beauty first ...
Page 78
... intereft gains its end and re- tires . A man whofe great qualities want the ornament of fuperficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be frequented only till the treasure is exhaufted . RAMBLER . CHA ...
... intereft gains its end and re- tires . A man whofe great qualities want the ornament of fuperficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be frequented only till the treasure is exhaufted . RAMBLER . CHA ...
Page 108
... intereft , with her chilling gale , Should blast th ' unfolding bloffoms e'er they blow ; If mimic hues , by Art , or Fashion spread , > Their genuine , fimple colouring fhould O with them may thefe laureate honours fade ; And with them ...
... intereft , with her chilling gale , Should blast th ' unfolding bloffoms e'er they blow ; If mimic hues , by Art , or Fashion spread , > Their genuine , fimple colouring fhould O with them may thefe laureate honours fade ; And with them ...
Page 129
... intereft ?, -Can I be contented with nonę , but one feparate and detached ? Is a focial intereft joined with others fuch an abfurdity , as not to be admitted ? The bee , the beaver , and the tribes of herding animals , are enough to ...
... intereft ?, -Can I be contented with nonę , but one feparate and detached ? Is a focial intereft joined with others fuch an abfurdity , as not to be admitted ? The bee , the beaver , and the tribes of herding animals , are enough to ...
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againſt becauſe beſt blifs bofom breaſt Brutus Cæfar Caffius caufe Dæmons death defire eyes fafe faid my uncle fame feems fenfe ferve fhade fhall fhew fince firſt fleep fmiles foldier fome fomething fool foon foul fpeak fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fure Grongar Hill happineſs happy hath hear heart Heav'n himſelf honour houſe IAGO ibid intereft itſelf juft King laft laſt lefs Lord MACD meaſures mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt myſelf nature never o'er obferve occafion paffion pain perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffible poor pow'r praiſe prefent purpoſe raiſe reafon reft rife ſaid Scythians ſeems SHAKESPEAR ſhall ſhe ſhould SIR JOHN ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſuch Syphax Theana thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro uncle Toby uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife worfe yourſelf youth