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 SpeakingJ. Johnson, 1792 - 436 Seiten |
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... present Condition of Man vindicated Pope 103 XIII . On the Order of Nature Ibid . 105 XIV . The Origin of Superftition and Tyranny Ibid . 107 XV . On Happiness Ibid . ΣΤΟ XVI . On Virtue Ibid . 112 XVII . On Verfification Ibid . 115 ...
... present Condition of Man vindicated Pope 103 XIII . On the Order of Nature Ibid . 105 XIV . The Origin of Superftition and Tyranny Ibid . 107 XV . On Happiness Ibid . ΣΤΟ XVI . On Virtue Ibid . 112 XVII . On Verfification Ibid . 115 ...
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... present . It is no part of wisdom to be miferable to - day , because we may happen to be fo to - morrow . To mourn without measure is folly ; not to mourn at all , infenfibility . SOME Would be thought to do great things , who are but ...
... present . It is no part of wisdom to be miferable to - day , because we may happen to be fo to - morrow . To mourn without measure is folly ; not to mourn at all , infenfibility . SOME Would be thought to do great things , who are but ...
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... present condition , and very much perplexed in limfelf on the ftate of life he should chufe , he faw two women of a larger ftature than ordinary approaching towards him . One of them had a very noble air , and graceful deportment ; her ...
... present condition , and very much perplexed in limfelf on the ftate of life he should chufe , he faw two women of a larger ftature than ordinary approaching towards him . One of them had a very noble air , and graceful deportment ; her ...
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... present , to see how they liked her , and often looked on the figure she made in her own shadow . Upon her nearer approach to Hercules , she stepped before the other lady , who came forward with a regular compofed carriage , and running ...
... present , to see how they liked her , and often looked on the figure she made in her own shadow . Upon her nearer approach to Hercules , she stepped before the other lady , who came forward with a regular compofed carriage , and running ...
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... PRESENT CONDITION OF MAN VINDICATED . HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of Fate , All but the page prefcrib'd , their present state : From brutes what men , from men what spirits know , Or who could fuffer being here below ? The ...
... PRESENT CONDITION OF MAN VINDICATED . HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of Fate , All but the page prefcrib'd , their present state : From brutes what men , from men what spirits know , Or who could fuffer being here below ? The ...
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