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 EssaysA. Wilson, 1808 - 346 pagini |
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Pagina 66
... danger and hazard in it ; it is the shortest and nearest way to our end , carrying us thither in a straight line , and will hold out and last longest . The arts of deceit and cunning continually grow weaker , and less effectual and ...
... danger and hazard in it ; it is the shortest and nearest way to our end , carrying us thither in a straight line , and will hold out and last longest . The arts of deceit and cunning continually grow weaker , and less effectual and ...
Pagina 79
... danger ; ' tis no extravagant arithmetic to say , that for every ten jokes , thou hast got a hundred enemies ; and , till thou hast gone on , and raised a swarm of wasps about thine ears , and art half stung to death by them , thou wilt ...
... danger ; ' tis no extravagant arithmetic to say , that for every ten jokes , thou hast got a hundred enemies ; and , till thou hast gone on , and raised a swarm of wasps about thine ears , and art half stung to death by them , thou wilt ...
Pagina 112
... danger and vexation that attend it ; and may preserve your authority , without forfeiting the peace of your mind . However manly and vigorous anger may be thought , it is in fact but a weak principle , compared with the sedate re ...
... danger and vexation that attend it ; and may preserve your authority , without forfeiting the peace of your mind . However manly and vigorous anger may be thought , it is in fact but a weak principle , compared with the sedate re ...
Pagina 124
... . The Romans may with more safety be cowards ; they have their own country behind them , have places of refuge to flee to , and are secure from CH . III . ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . 125 danger 124 BOOK V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES .
... . The Romans may with more safety be cowards ; they have their own country behind them , have places of refuge to flee to , and are secure from CH . III . ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . 125 danger 124 BOOK V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES .
Pagina 125
... danger in the roads thither ; but for you there is no middle fortune between death and victory . Let this be but well fixed in your minds , and once again I say , you are cou- querors . CHAP . III . C. MARIUS TO THE ROMANS , ON THEIR ...
... danger in the roads thither ; but for you there is no middle fortune between death and victory . Let this be but well fixed in your minds , and once again I say , you are cou- querors . CHAP . III . C. MARIUS TO THE ROMANS , ON THEIR ...
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