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 xvii
... Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heav'n . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down . When any term , or phrase , is used to express some par- ticular meaning , not obviously arising from the words , it should be ...
... Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heav'n . He rais'd a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down . When any term , or phrase , is used to express some par- ticular meaning , not obviously arising from the words , it should be ...
Strana xxxvi
... better than a censurable excrescence . Sed nunc non erat his locus . Whatever has no tendency to illustrate the subject interrupts the reader's attention , and weakens the general effect . Xxxvi ON READING WORKS OF TASTE .
... better than a censurable excrescence . Sed nunc non erat his locus . Whatever has no tendency to illustrate the subject interrupts the reader's attention , and weakens the general effect . Xxxvi ON READING WORKS OF TASTE .
Strana 1
... better to reprove , than to be angry secretly . No revenge is more heroic , than that which torments envy , by doing good . The discretion of a man deferreth his anger , and it is his glory to pass over a transgression . Money , like ...
... better to reprove , than to be angry secretly . No revenge is more heroic , than that which torments envy , by doing good . The discretion of a man deferreth his anger , and it is his glory to pass over a transgression . Money , like ...
Strana 6
... better than a gift . Lo ! is not a word better than a gift ? but both are with a gra- cious mau . Blame not before thou hast examined the truth ; under- stand first , and then rebuke . If thou wouldst get a friend , prove him first ...
... better than a gift . Lo ! is not a word better than a gift ? but both are with a gra- cious mau . Blame not before thou hast examined the truth ; under- stand first , and then rebuke . If thou wouldst get a friend , prove him first ...
Strana 8
... better living on a little , than outliving a great deal . 1 匪 Next to the satisfaction I receive in the prosperity of an honest man , I am best pleased with the confusion of a rascal . What is often termed shyness is nothing more than ...
... better living on a little , than outliving a great deal . 1 匪 Next to the satisfaction I receive in the prosperity of an honest man , I am best pleased with the confusion of a rascal . What is often termed shyness is nothing more than ...
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