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 pages |
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... . . Pope , 97 2. ON CHEERFULNESS .............. Ib . 69 ) 16. ON VIRTUE ...................... Ib . 80 3. ON SINCERITY .................................... .. Tillotson , 66 17. ON VERSIFICATION .............. Ih , 90 4. ON HONOUR ....
... . . Pope , 97 2. ON CHEERFULNESS .............. Ib . 69 ) 16. ON VIRTUE ...................... Ib . 80 3. ON SINCERITY .................................... .. Tillotson , 66 17. ON VERSIFICATION .............. Ih , 90 4. ON HONOUR ....
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... VIRTUE OUR HIGHEST INIEREST , SOUL ...................... Spectator , 116 Harris , 114 5. ON THE BEING OF A GOD .. 3. THE SAME SUBJECT . H. 116 Chap . BOOK V. - ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . Page Chap . 1. JUNIUS BRUTUS OVER THE DEAD BODY OF ...
... VIRTUE OUR HIGHEST INIEREST , SOUL ...................... Spectator , 116 Harris , 114 5. ON THE BEING OF A GOD .. 3. THE SAME SUBJECT . H. 116 Chap . BOOK V. - ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . Page Chap . 1. JUNIUS BRUTUS OVER THE DEAD BODY OF ...
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... virtue , and if there be any praise , think on these things * . On the contrary , interrogative sentences are terminated by the suspending pause ; as in the following example : Hold you the watch to night ? -We do , my lord . - Arm❜d ...
... virtue , and if there be any praise , think on these things * . On the contrary , interrogative sentences are terminated by the suspending pause ; as in the following example : Hold you the watch to night ? -We do , my lord . - Arm❜d ...
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... virtue itself has it's stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to revenge it afterward . It is much better to reprove , than to be angry secretly ...
... virtue itself has it's stated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wiser to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to revenge it afterward . It is much better to reprove , than to be angry secretly ...
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... virtues , by which it ought to be obtained . Titles of honour conferred upon such as have no personal merit , are at best but the royal stamp set upon base metal . Though an honourable title may be conveyed to posterity , yet the ...
... virtues , by which it ought to be obtained . Titles of honour conferred upon such as have no personal merit , are at best but the royal stamp set upon base metal . Though an honourable title may be conveyed to posterity , yet the ...
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