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
... wise man , but rests only in the bosom of fools . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . An angry man who suppresses his passion , thinks worse thau he speaks ; and an angry man that will chide , speaks worse than he thinks . Better to ...
... wise man , but rests only in the bosom of fools . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . An angry man who suppresses his passion , thinks worse thau he speaks ; and an angry man that will chide , speaks worse than he thinks . Better to ...
Strana xxvi
... to be admired as an eminent Orator , it is of much more importance to be respected as an able Lawyer , a use- ful Preacher , or a wise and upright Statesman . ESSAY II . ON READING WORKS OF TASTE , Multa xxvi ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
... to be admired as an eminent Orator , it is of much more importance to be respected as an able Lawyer , a use- ful Preacher , or a wise and upright Statesman . ESSAY II . ON READING WORKS OF TASTE , Multa xxvi ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
Strana 1
... wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon con- tentedly . A contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear ...
... wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheerfully , and live upon con- tentedly . A contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear ...
Strana 2
... wise men correct their own . No man has a thorough taste of prosperity , to whom ad- versity never happened . When our vices leave us , we flatter ourselves that we leave them . It is as great a point of wisdom to hide ignorance , as to ...
... wise men correct their own . No man has a thorough taste of prosperity , to whom ad- versity never happened . When our vices leave us , we flatter ourselves that we leave them . It is as great a point of wisdom to hide ignorance , as to ...
Strana 3
... wise men , and the idol of fools . As to be perfectly just , is an attribute of the divine nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the glory of man . No man was - ever cast down with the injuries of fortune , unless he had ...
... wise men , and the idol of fools . As to be perfectly just , is an attribute of the divine nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the glory of man . No man was - ever cast down with the injuries of fortune , unless he had ...
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