Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking, as Well as for the Perusal of Persons of Taste : with an Appendix, Containing Concise Lessons on a New Plan, and Principles of English GrammarC. Elliot, 1789 - 398 σελίδες |
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... these be read wholly through , as an introduction to pieces of greater length and of a more mixed nature ; but , in general , it will answer better to make a few of them a part of each day's reading , repeating them in the fame manner ...
... these be read wholly through , as an introduction to pieces of greater length and of a more mixed nature ; but , in general , it will answer better to make a few of them a part of each day's reading , repeating them in the fame manner ...
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... these are his furniture , not his mind . The true conveniences of life are common to the king with his meanest fubject . The king's fleep is not sweet- er , nor his appetite better . The The pomp which diftinguishes the great man from ...
... these are his furniture , not his mind . The true conveniences of life are common to the king with his meanest fubject . The king's fleep is not sweet- er , nor his appetite better . The The pomp which diftinguishes the great man from ...
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... these animals , and directed to another of the most elegant and beauti- ful form ; and he stood contemplating with filent admi- ration the gloffy fmoothness of his hair , the blackness and regularity of the freaks with which he was ...
... these animals , and directed to another of the most elegant and beauti- ful form ; and he stood contemplating with filent admi- ration the gloffy fmoothness of his hair , the blackness and regularity of the freaks with which he was ...
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... these two great rivals were thus contending for empire , their conquefts were very various . Luxury got poffeffion of one heart , and Avarice of another . The father of a family would often range himself under the banners of Avarice ...
... these two great rivals were thus contending for empire , their conquefts were very various . Luxury got poffeffion of one heart , and Avarice of another . The father of a family would often range himself under the banners of Avarice ...
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... These are the only terms and condi tions upon which I can propose happiness . " The god- defs of Pleasure here broke in upon her difcourfe : " You fee , " faid fhe , " Hercules , by her own confef- fion , the way to her pleafures is ...
... These are the only terms and condi tions upon which I can propose happiness . " The god- defs of Pleasure here broke in upon her difcourfe : " You fee , " faid fhe , " Hercules , by her own confef- fion , the way to her pleafures is ...
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Σελίδα 375 - I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Σελίδα 321 - This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Σελίδα 209 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Σελίδα 220 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Σελίδα 109 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Σελίδα 353 - tis no matter ; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour ? A word. What is that word honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! Who hath it ? He that died o
Σελίδα 323 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
Σελίδα 336 - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Σελίδα 321 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Σελίδα 187 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.