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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Page xiii
... means of any study , to avoid their ap- pearing ftiff and forced . However , although nature must be the ground - work , I admit that there is room in this matter for fome study and art . For many perfons are naturally ungraceful in the ...
... means of any study , to avoid their ap- pearing ftiff and forced . However , although nature must be the ground - work , I admit that there is room in this matter for fome study and art . For many perfons are naturally ungraceful in the ...
Page xiv
... Means of improving in Eloquence . I have now treated fully of the different kinds of public fpeaking , of the compofi- tion , and of the delivery of a difcourfe . Before I finish this fubject , it may be of use to fuggeft fome things ...
... Means of improving in Eloquence . I have now treated fully of the different kinds of public fpeaking , of the compofi- tion , and of the delivery of a difcourfe . Before I finish this fubject , it may be of use to fuggeft fome things ...
Page xv
... means to be used for improvement in eloquence .. • agrorum nimia cura , et follicitior rei fa- " miliaris . diligentia , et vénandi voluptas , " et dati fpectaculis dies , multum ftudiis " auferunt , quid putamus facturas cupidi ...
... means to be used for improvement in eloquence .. • agrorum nimia cura , et follicitior rei fa- " miliaris . diligentia , et vénandi voluptas , " et dati fpectaculis dies , multum ftudiis " auferunt , quid putamus facturas cupidi ...
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... mean a purpofe ? Can he delight in the production of fuch abortive intelli- gences , fuch fhort - lived reasonable ... means preserves his distance and fuperiority in the fcale of being ; but he knows that , how high foever the station ...
... mean a purpofe ? Can he delight in the production of fuch abortive intelli- gences , fuch fhort - lived reasonable ... means preserves his distance and fuperiority in the fcale of being ; but he knows that , how high foever the station ...
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... means is brought into this world , the fcene of mi- fery , of neceffity ? These will not come up to it . Is it not rather the good provi- dence of that Being , who in a fupereminent degree protects and cherishes the whole race of ...
... means is brought into this world , the fcene of mi- fery , of neceffity ? These will not come up to it . Is it not rather the good provi- dence of that Being , who in a fupereminent degree protects and cherishes the whole race of ...
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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