Select British Classics, Volume 25J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... manner , the apt gesture , and the assumed concern , are impotent helps to persuasion , in com- parisons of the honest countenance of him who utters what he really means . From hence it is , that all the beauties which others attain ...
... manner , the apt gesture , and the assumed concern , are impotent helps to persuasion , in com- parisons of the honest countenance of him who utters what he really means . From hence it is , that all the beauties which others attain ...
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... manner suitable to the greatness of his character , and shews the prince even in the giving of a letter , or dispatch- ing of a message . Our best actors are somewhat at a loss to support themselves with proper gesture , as they move ...
... manner suitable to the greatness of his character , and shews the prince even in the giving of a letter , or dispatch- ing of a message . Our best actors are somewhat at a loss to support themselves with proper gesture , as they move ...
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... manner of speaking , as well as the great courage he shewed on those occasions , did sometimes betray him into that figure of speech which is commonly distin- guished by the name of gasconade . To mention no other , he professed in this ...
... manner of speaking , as well as the great courage he shewed on those occasions , did sometimes betray him into that figure of speech which is commonly distin- guished by the name of gasconade . To mention no other , he professed in this ...
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... manner as to shew the garment in its utmost circum- ference ; but my great hall was too narrow for the expe- riment ; for before it was half unfolded , it described so immoderate a circle , that the lower part of it brush- ed upon my ...
... manner as to shew the garment in its utmost circum- ference ; but my great hall was too narrow for the expe- riment ; for before it was half unfolded , it described so immoderate a circle , that the lower part of it brush- ed upon my ...
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... manner , that it formed a very splendid and ample canopy over our heads , and covered the whole court of judicature with a kind of silken rotunda , in its form not unlike the cu- pola of St. Paul's . I entered upon the whole cause with ...
... manner , that it formed a very splendid and ample canopy over our heads , and covered the whole court of judicature with a kind of silken rotunda , in its form not unlike the cu- pola of St. Paul's . I entered upon the whole cause with ...
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acquaintance admired agreeable Anticyra Apartment appear bag-pipes beautiful behaviour Bickerstaff called character Cicero confess death delight desire discourse dress entertain esteem eyes father favour February 27 fortune Gascon gentleman give Great-Britain greatest hand happy hath heart honour humble servant humour husband imagination impertinent Isaac Bickerstaff kind King of Sweden lady lately learned letter live look lover mankind manner marriage ment mind Nando's nation nature never night observe occasion OVID particular pass passion persons petitioner petticoat pleased pleasure poet present proper Pyrrha racter reader reason received Roman censors Rome says sense Sheer-lane shew sion soul speak spirit Stratonice Styx Tatler Telemachus tell temper Terentia thing thought THURSDAY Timoleon tion told town turn Ulysses upholsterer VIRG Virgil virtue walk whole wife woman words write young