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 are Prefixed Two Essays, I. On Elocution, II. On Reading Works of TasteF.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - 346 Seiten |
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... mankind . Every one , whon natural good sense and a liberal education have qualified to form a judgment upon the subject , will ac- knowledge , that it is capable of being applied to an endless variety of useful purposes . This is ...
... mankind . Every one , whon natural good sense and a liberal education have qualified to form a judgment upon the subject , will ac- knowledge , that it is capable of being applied to an endless variety of useful purposes . This is ...
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... mankind is flattery ; the only benefit of which is , that by hearing what we are not , we may be instructed what we ought to be . The character of the person who commends you is to B 2 CHAP . III . SELECT SENTENCES .
... mankind is flattery ; the only benefit of which is , that by hearing what we are not , we may be instructed what we ought to be . The character of the person who commends you is to B 2 CHAP . III . SELECT SENTENCES .
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... mankind will take ad- vice , when they will not so much as take warning ? Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness , yet perhaps as few know their own strength . It is in men as in soils , where sometimes there is a ...
... mankind will take ad- vice , when they will not so much as take warning ? Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness , yet perhaps as few know their own strength . It is in men as in soils , where sometimes there is a ...
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... mankind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great service , as Pleasure , Mirth , Pomp , and Fashion . Avarice was likewise very strong in his officers , being faith- fully served by Hunger , Industry , Care , and ...
... mankind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great service , as Pleasure , Mirth , Pomp , and Fashion . Avarice was likewise very strong in his officers , being faith- fully served by Hunger , Industry , Care , and ...
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... mankind between them . Pleasure and Pain were no sooner met in their new habi- tation , but they immediately agreed upon this point , that Pleasure should take possession of the virtuous , and Pain of the vicious part of that species ...
... mankind between them . Pleasure and Pain were no sooner met in their new habi- tation , but they immediately agreed upon this point , that Pleasure should take possession of the virtuous , and Pain of the vicious part of that species ...
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