Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons : Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry, Volume 1T. Longman, B. Law&Son, J. Dodsley, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G.G.&J. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Richardson, R. Baldwin, W. Goldsmith, F.&C. Rivington, R. Faulder, S. Hayes, Ogilvy&Speare, Vernor&Hood, W. Lowndes, C. Wynne, W. Bent, J. Scatcherd, G.&T. Wilkie, J. Walker, J. Evans, C.&G. Kearsley, and H. Murray, 1794 - 1119 pages |
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... Action in public difcourfe . Some nations animate their words in com- mon converfation , with many more motions of the ... actions and getticulations , on all occafions , when they are much in earnest . It is therefore unnatural in a ...
... Action in public difcourfe . Some nations animate their words in com- mon converfation , with many more motions of the ... actions and getticulations , on all occafions , when they are much in earnest . It is therefore unnatural in a ...
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... action in public fpeaking , confifts chiefly in guarding against awkward and difagreeable motions , and in learning to perform fuch as are natural to the speaker , in the most becoming manner . For this end , it has been advised by ...
... action in public fpeaking , confifts chiefly in guarding against awkward and difagreeable motions , and in learning to perform fuch as are natural to the speaker , in the most becoming manner . For this end , it has been advised by ...
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... Actions 166 Duties to ourselves 167 On coveting other Men's Goods 168 On the Sacrament of Baptifm 169 On the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper - - 268 refpecting his Doctrine 273 refpecting the Effect and Inftruments of his Religion on the ...
... Actions 166 Duties to ourselves 167 On coveting other Men's Goods 168 On the Sacrament of Baptifm 169 On the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper - - 268 refpecting his Doctrine 273 refpecting the Effect and Inftruments of his Religion on the ...
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... actions , ac- cording as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reafon . When one hears of negroes , who upon the death of their maf- ters , or upon changing their fervice , hang themfelves upon the next tree , as it fre- quently ...
... actions , ac- cording as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reafon . When one hears of negroes , who upon the death of their maf- ters , or upon changing their fervice , hang themfelves upon the next tree , as it fre- quently ...
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... actions or inten- tions to fo many as thefe gentlemen do ; but I will be bold to fay , my fon has , by the applaufe and approbation which his behaviour towards me has gained him , occafioned that many an old man , befides myfelf , has ...
... actions or inten- tions to fo many as thefe gentlemen do ; but I will be bold to fay , my fon has , by the applaufe and approbation which his behaviour towards me has gained him , occafioned that many an old man , befides myfelf , has ...
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affiftance againſt alfo bad company becauſe beft beſt bleffings cafe caufe chearful chearfulneſs Chrift Chriftian confequence confider confideration converfation courfe defign defire difcover difpofed difpofition divine duty endeavour faid fame fecurity feek feem felves fenfe fenfible fent fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fociety fome foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport fure give greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human inftances intereft itſelf juft laft leaft lefs ligion mankind manner ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions perfons philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent preferve purpoſe racter raiſe reafon refpect reft religion ſhall ſpeak ſtate temper thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe virtue whofe wifdom youth