The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Very 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 ElocutionW. Borrowdale, 1808 - 412 pages |
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Page 16
... breast of a wife man ; but refts only in the bofom of fools . An angry man who fuppreffes his paffion , thinks worse than he speaks : and an angry man that will chide , fpeaks worse than he thinks . Better to reign in Hell , than ferve ...
... breast of a wife man ; but refts only in the bofom of fools . An angry man who fuppreffes his paffion , thinks worse than he speaks : and an angry man that will chide , fpeaks worse than he thinks . Better to reign in Hell , than ferve ...
Page 65
... breast . At length , quite vain , he needs would shew His mafter what his art could do ; And bade his flaves the chariot lead To Academus ' facred fhade . The trembling grove confefs'd its fright , The wood - nymphs ftarted at the fight ...
... breast . At length , quite vain , he needs would shew His mafter what his art could do ; And bade his flaves the chariot lead To Academus ' facred fhade . The trembling grove confefs'd its fright , The wood - nymphs ftarted at the fight ...
Page 74
... breast , His father fent him from these genial ifles , To where old Thames with confcious pride furveys Green Eton , foft abode of ev'ry mufe . Each claffic beauty he foon made his own , And foon fam'd Ifis faw him woo the Nine On her ...
... breast , His father fent him from these genial ifles , To where old Thames with confcious pride furveys Green Eton , foft abode of ev'ry mufe . Each claffic beauty he foon made his own , And foon fam'd Ifis faw him woo the Nine On her ...
Page 77
... breast ? Upon her breathlefs corfe himself he threw , And to her clay - cold lips , with trembling hafte , Ten thousand kisses gave . He ftrove to speak ; Nor words he found : he clafpt her in his arms ; He figh'd , he fwoon'd , look'd ...
... breast ? Upon her breathlefs corfe himself he threw , And to her clay - cold lips , with trembling hafte , Ten thousand kisses gave . He ftrove to speak ; Nor words he found : he clafpt her in his arms ; He figh'd , he fwoon'd , look'd ...
Page 112
... breast ; Man never IS , but always TO be bleft : The foul , uneafy and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the poor Indian ! whofe untutor'd mind- Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind ; His foul ...
... breast ; Man never IS , but always TO be bleft : The foul , uneafy and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the poor Indian ! whofe untutor'd mind- Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind ; His foul ...
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