The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers and Disposed Under Proper Heads: With a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : to which are Prefixed Two Essays, I. On Elocution, II. On Reading Works of TasteF.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - 346 pagini |
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Pagina 35
... Ev'n bearded sages hail'd the boy , And all , but Plato , gaz'd with joy ; For he , deep - judging sage , beheld With pain the triumphs of the field ; 1 And when the charioteer drew nigh , And , flush'd CHAP . XIII . NARRATIVE PIECES . 35.
... Ev'n bearded sages hail'd the boy , And all , but Plato , gaz'd with joy ; For he , deep - judging sage , beheld With pain the triumphs of the field ; 1 And when the charioteer drew nigh , And , flush'd CHAP . XIII . NARRATIVE PIECES . 35.
Pagina 47
... ev'n from my boyish days , To the very moment that he bade me tell it . Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances , Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair - breadth ' scapes in th ' imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by ...
... ev'n from my boyish days , To the very moment that he bade me tell it . Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances , Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair - breadth ' scapes in th ' imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by ...
Pagina 51
... ev'n in life's last stage Endeavours laudable engage , Is paid , at least in peace of mind , And sense of having well design'd ; And if , ere he attain his end , His sun precipitate descend , A brighter prize than that he meant Shall ...
... ev'n in life's last stage Endeavours laudable engage , Is paid , at least in peace of mind , And sense of having well design'd ; And if , ere he attain his end , His sun precipitate descend , A brighter prize than that he meant Shall ...
Pagina 85
... Ev'n kings learn'd justice and benevolence · Self - love forsook the path it first pursu❜d , And found the private in the public good . " Twas then the studious head or gen'rous mind , CHAP . XIV . 85 DIDACTIC PIECES .
... Ev'n kings learn'd justice and benevolence · Self - love forsook the path it first pursu❜d , And found the private in the public good . " Twas then the studious head or gen'rous mind , CHAP . XIV . 85 DIDACTIC PIECES .
Pagina 87
... ev'n Virtue vain : Or indolent , to each extreme they fall , To trust in ev'ry thing , or doubt of all . Who thus define it say they more or less Than this , that Happiness is Happiness ? Take Nature's path , and mad Opinion's leave ...
... ev'n Virtue vain : Or indolent , to each extreme they fall , To trust in ev'ry thing , or doubt of all . Who thus define it say they more or less Than this , that Happiness is Happiness ? Take Nature's path , and mad Opinion's leave ...
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