The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for ReadingF. Louis, 1804 - 376 pages |
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... conceit . A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheer- fully , and live upon contentedly . A contented mind , and a good conscience , A will make a man happy in all conditions . He.
... conceit . A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly , use soberly , distribute cheer- fully , and live upon contentedly . A contented mind , and a good conscience , A will make a man happy in all conditions . He.
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... live at present , but are providing to live another time . Party is the madness of many , for the gain of few . To endeavour to work upon the vulgar with fine sense , is like attempting to hew blocks of marble with a razor ...
... live at present , but are providing to live another time . Party is the madness of many , for the gain of few . To endeavour to work upon the vulgar with fine sense , is like attempting to hew blocks of marble with a razor ...
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... is ready to venture their lives and limbs in the dispute ; but when that is once at an end , it is no more thought on , but sleeps in oblivion , buried in rubbish , which no one thinks it worth his pains 12 Book j . SELECT SENTENCES .
... is ready to venture their lives and limbs in the dispute ; but when that is once at an end , it is no more thought on , but sleeps in oblivion , buried in rubbish , which no one thinks it worth his pains 12 Book j . SELECT SENTENCES .
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... live in brass ; their vir- tues we write in water . The web of our life is of a mingled yarn , good and ill together ; our virtues would be proud , if our faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair , if they were not ...
... live in brass ; their vir- tues we write in water . The web of our life is of a mingled yarn , good and ill together ; our virtues would be proud , if our faults whipped them not ; and our crimes would despair , if they were not ...
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... Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . -Who shall go about To cozen Fortune , and be honourable Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To wear an undeserved ...
... Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . -Who shall go about To cozen Fortune , and be honourable Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To wear an undeserved ...
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