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 Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two EssaysA. Wilson, 1808 - Počet stran: 346 |
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Strana xxix
... affection of the mind , which may not , in these invaluable remains of antiquity , find ample scope for grati- fication . The Epic Muse , whether she appears in the ma- jestic simplicity of Homer , or in the finished elegance of Virgil ...
... affection of the mind , which may not , in these invaluable remains of antiquity , find ample scope for grati- fication . The Epic Muse , whether she appears in the ma- jestic simplicity of Homer , or in the finished elegance of Virgil ...
Strana xxxi
... affection and passion of the heart . Whatever is grand or beautiful in nature ; whatever is noble , lovely , or singular , in character ; whatever is surpris- ing or affecting in situation ; is by the magic power of genius brought at ...
... affection and passion of the heart . Whatever is grand or beautiful in nature ; whatever is noble , lovely , or singular , in character ; whatever is surpris- ing or affecting in situation ; is by the magic power of genius brought at ...
Strana 2
... affections of men , than a hand- some address , and graceful conversation . Complaisance renders a superior amiable , an equal agree- able , and an inferior acceptable . Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding . That ci- vility is ...
... affections of men , than a hand- some address , and graceful conversation . Complaisance renders a superior amiable , an equal agree- able , and an inferior acceptable . Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding . That ci- vility is ...
Strana 72
... affection to those whose learning holds us at the distance of pupils , or whose wit calls all attention from us , and leaves us without import- ance and without regard . It is remarked by prince Henry , when he sees Falstaff lying on ...
... affection to those whose learning holds us at the distance of pupils , or whose wit calls all attention from us , and leaves us without import- ance and without regard . It is remarked by prince Henry , when he sees Falstaff lying on ...
Strana 74
... affection conciliated , but by softer accomplishments , and qualities more easily communicable to those about us . He that can only converse upon questions , about which only a small part of mankind has knowledge sufficient to make them ...
... affection conciliated , but by softer accomplishments , and qualities more easily communicable to those about us . He that can only converse upon questions , about which only a small part of mankind has knowledge sufficient to make them ...
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