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, 1797 - 436 pàgines |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 63.
Pàgina xix
... means be fufficient to at- tend to the points ufed in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses which ought to be made in speaking . A mechanical atten- ion to these refting - places has perhaps been one chief cause of ...
... means be fufficient to at- tend to the points ufed in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses which ought to be made in speaking . A mechanical atten- ion to these refting - places has perhaps been one chief cause of ...
Pàgina 1
... mean in all things . Even virtue itself hath its ftated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wifer to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re . venge it afterwards . Ir is much better to reprove ...
... mean in all things . Even virtue itself hath its ftated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wifer to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re . venge it afterwards . Ir is much better to reprove ...
Pàgina 11
... means lefs pleafing than the glare of the ruby . To be at once a rake , and to glory in the character , dif- covers at the fame time a bad disposition , and a bad taste . How is it poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice ...
... means lefs pleafing than the glare of the ruby . To be at once a rake , and to glory in the character , dif- covers at the fame time a bad disposition , and a bad taste . How is it poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice ...
Pàgina 12
... mean , but a neceffary substitute for it , in focieties , who have none : it is a fort of paper - credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are deficient in the fterling cafh of true morality and religion . PERSONS of great ...
... mean , but a neceffary substitute for it , in focieties , who have none : it is a fort of paper - credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are deficient in the fterling cafh of true morality and religion . PERSONS of great ...
Pàgina 24
... means it is that we find Pleasure and Pain are fuch conftant yoke - fellows , and that they either make their vifits together , or are never far asunder . If Pain comes into a heart , he is quickly followed by Plea- fure ; and if ...
... means it is that we find Pleasure and Pain are fuch conftant yoke - fellows , and that they either make their vifits together , or are never far asunder . If Pain comes into a heart , he is quickly followed by Plea- fure ; and if ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ... William Enfield Visualització completa - 1792 |
The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ... Previsualització no disponible - 2020 |
The Speaker, Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected From the Best English Writers ... William Enfield Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
againſt becauſe beſt bofom breaft Brutus Cæfar cauſe CHAP courſe Dæmons defire eyes fafe faid my uncle fame fecure feems fenfe fhall fhew fide fince firft firſt fleep foldier fome fomething fool foon foul fpeak fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fure happineſs hath hear heart heav'n himſelf honour houſe IAGO intereft itſelf juft juſt king laft laſt lefs Lord MACD meaſures mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt myſelf nature never o'er obferve ourſelves paffion pafs pain perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffible poor pow'r praiſe prefent purpoſe purſue raiſe reaſon reft ſaid ſcene Scythians ſeems SHAKSPEARE ſhall ſhe ſhould SIR JOHN ſpeak ſtate ſtep ſtill ſuch Syphax Theana thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uncle Toby uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh yourſelf youth