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 |
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Pàgina xxvi
... himself , when he ap- pears before the public , to confider the business he has to perform , in any other light , than as a trial of skill , and a display of oratory . Hence it is , that the character of an Orator has of late often been ...
... himself , when he ap- pears before the public , to confider the business he has to perform , in any other light , than as a trial of skill , and a display of oratory . Hence it is , that the character of an Orator has of late often been ...
Pàgina 2
... , which excludes all fuperfluous formality . INGRATITUDE is a crime fo fhameful , that the man was never yet found , who would acknowledge himself guilty of it . TRUTH TRUTH is born with us ; and we must do 2 SELECT Book I. SENTENCES .
... , which excludes all fuperfluous formality . INGRATITUDE is a crime fo fhameful , that the man was never yet found , who would acknowledge himself guilty of it . TRUTH TRUTH is born with us ; and we must do 2 SELECT Book I. SENTENCES .
Pàgina 3
... himself to be deceived by her favours . ANCER may glance into the breast of a wife man , but refts only in the bofom of fools . NONE more impatiently suffer injuries , than those that are moft forward in doing them . By taking revenge ...
... himself to be deceived by her favours . ANCER may glance into the breast of a wife man , but refts only in the bofom of fools . NONE more impatiently suffer injuries , than those that are moft forward in doing them . By taking revenge ...
Pàgina 4
... himself . We should take a prudent care for the future , but so as to enjoy the present . It is no part of wisdom to be miferable to - day , because we may happen to be so to - morrow . To mourn without measure is folly ; not to mourn ...
... himself . We should take a prudent care for the future , but so as to enjoy the present . It is no part of wisdom to be miferable to - day , because we may happen to be so to - morrow . To mourn without measure is folly ; not to mourn ...
Pàgina 5
... himself too well to lofe , and his neighbour too well to win , an eftate by gaming . The love of gaming will corrupt the beft principles in the world . CHA P. IV . AN angry man who fuppreffes his paffions , thinks worfe Α than he speaks ...
... himself too well to lofe , and his neighbour too well to win , an eftate by gaming . The love of gaming will corrupt the beft principles in the world . CHA P. IV . AN angry man who fuppreffes his paffions , thinks worfe Α than he speaks ...
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