The Art of Speaking: Containing, I. An Essay; in which are Given Rules for Expressing Properly the Principal Passions and Humours, ... II. Lessons Taken from the Ancients and Moderns ...T. Longman, T. Field, C. Dilly, W. Goldsmith, D. Ogilvy and J. Speare, 1792 - 373 pages |
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... enemy of man- I deny not , that the theatre is capable of being made a school of virtue . But it must be put under regulations , other than we have ever yet seen it ; and thofe too various to be specified here ; fo numerous are the ...
... enemy of man- I deny not , that the theatre is capable of being made a school of virtue . But it must be put under regulations , other than we have ever yet seen it ; and thofe too various to be specified here ; fo numerous are the ...
Page 41
... enemy fo much better furnished with every neceffary invitation and allurement ? Alas ! our preachers do not addrefs innocents in paradife , but thought- lefs , and often habituated finners . Mere cold explaining will have but little ...
... enemy fo much better furnished with every neceffary invitation and allurement ? Alas ! our preachers do not addrefs innocents in paradife , but thought- lefs , and often habituated finners . Mere cold explaining will have but little ...
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... enemies in the field , to hazard their lives in defence of their liberty , their country , and their families . And when , by their valour , they re- pulfed the enemy , they gave affiftance to their allies , and gained friendships by ...
... enemies in the field , to hazard their lives in defence of their liberty , their country , and their families . And when , by their valour , they re- pulfed the enemy , they gave affiftance to their allies , and gained friendships by ...
Page 99
... enemy of all mankind . Not one looks backward : onward ftill he goes ; Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his Nofe . H 2 No I have put a pause after make , though contrary to general rules , to mark the antithefis between find and ...
... enemy of all mankind . Not one looks backward : onward ftill he goes ; Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his Nofe . H 2 No I have put a pause after make , though contrary to general rules , to mark the antithefis between find and ...
Page 111
... enemies profeft , jealous friends at beft . nor for her favours call ; I'd for , if fhe comes at all . fe colts fo dear a price , , or exalting vice ; e mult flatter lawless fway , 1 , where fortune leads the way ; ear my rifing name ...
... enemies profeft , jealous friends at beft . nor for her favours call ; I'd for , if fhe comes at all . fe colts fo dear a price , , or exalting vice ; e mult flatter lawless fway , 1 , where fortune leads the way ; ear my rifing name ...
Common terms and phrases
Accus AFFECT againſt APOL APPREHENS arms becauſe body Caius Verres confequence confiderable CONT CONTEMPT dead death defign defire Diodotus doft Doub enemy ENQU expreffed eyes faid fame father fear fecure feem feen fenfe fentence feven fhall fhew fhould fleep fome fometimes foon foul fpeaker fpeaking fpeech ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure Ghoft Ghoſt Greece GRIEF hand heaven himſelf honour hope HORROR Humph Iago INTR INTREAT itſelf Jugurtha king leaſt lefs loft Longh look manner matter moft moſt muft muſt myſelf NARRA Nick Bottom Numidia occafion orator ourſelves paffage paffions perfon Peter Quince PITY pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Pray prefent QUEST Quintilian raiſe reafon REMON rife Roman ſay Scythians ſhall Shyl Shylock ſpeak ſpoken ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought TION uſed VENERA VEXAT voice whofe whoſe wife words
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Page 115 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood.
Page 92 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 100 - To sigh for ribands if thou art so silly, Mark how they grace Lord Umbra or Sir Billy. Is yellow dirt the passion of thy life ? Look but on Gripus or on Gripus
Page 44 - Our words flow from us in a smooth continued stream, without those strainings of the voice, motions of the body, and majesty of the hand, which are so much celebrated in the orators of Greece and Rome. We can talk of life and death in cold blood, and keep our temper in a...
Page 93 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 240 - With eyes darting fury, and a countenance distorted with cruelty, he orders the helpless victim of his rage to be stripped, and rods to be brought ; accusing him, but without the least shadow of evidence, or even of suspicion, of having come to Sicily as a spy.
Page 210 - I'll look up; My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder?
Page 276 - Awaked, should blow them into sevenfold rage And plunge us in the flames? or from above Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right hand to plague us?
Page 93 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 145 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...