Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons ; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryJ. Johnson, 1808 - 1120 pages An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... Means of improving in Eloquence . I have now treated fully of the diffe- rent kinds of public speaking , of the com- position , and of the delivery of a dis- course . Before I finish this subject , it may be of use to suggest some ...
... Means of improving in Eloquence . I have now treated fully of the diffe- rent kinds of public speaking , of the com- position , and of the delivery of a dis- course . Before I finish this subject , it may be of use to suggest some ...
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... mean is , that though poetry be capable of re- ceiving assistance from critical art , yet a poet , without any aid ... means , is personal cha- racter and disposition . In order to be a truly eloquent or persuasive speaker , no- thing ...
... mean is , that though poetry be capable of re- ceiving assistance from critical art , yet a poet , without any aid ... means , is personal cha- racter and disposition . In order to be a truly eloquent or persuasive speaker , no- thing ...
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... mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelli- gences , such short - lived reasonable ... means preserves his distance and superiority in the scale of being ; but he knows that , how high soever the sta ...
... mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelli- gences , such short - lived reasonable ... means preserves his distance and superiority in the scale of being ; but he knows that , how high soever the sta ...
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... means . Indeed , if a man were only to deal in the world for a day , and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind , never more need their good opinion or good word , it were then no great matter ( speaking as to the ...
... means . Indeed , if a man were only to deal in the world for a day , and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind , never more need their good opinion or good word , it were then no great matter ( speaking as to the ...
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... means appear to be out of a condition of supplying their own necessities . This natural love is not observed in ani ... mean and vicious behaviour , forfeit the advantages of their birth , involve themselves in much misery , and end ip ...
... means appear to be out of a condition of supplying their own necessities . This natural love is not observed in ani ... mean and vicious behaviour , forfeit the advantages of their birth , involve themselves in much misery , and end ip ...
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