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 is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By William Enfield ... A New Edition, Corrected ... |
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... heart ; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue ? WHOSO difcovereth fecrets lofeth his credit , and shall ne- ver find a friend to his mind . HONOUR thy father with thy whole heart , and forget not the forrows of thy mother ...
... heart ; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue ? WHOSO difcovereth fecrets lofeth his credit , and shall ne- ver find a friend to his mind . HONOUR thy father with thy whole heart , and forget not the forrows of thy mother ...
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... heart untainted ? Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel juft : And he but naked ( tho ' lock'd up in fteel ) Whofe confcience with injuftice is corrupted . CHA P. IX . H , world , thy flippery turns ! Friends now faft fworn , ... OH ...
... heart untainted ? Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel juft : And he but naked ( tho ' lock'd up in fteel ) Whofe confcience with injuftice is corrupted . CHA P. IX . H , world , thy flippery turns ! Friends now faft fworn , ... OH ...
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... hearts of mankind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great fervice , as Pleasure , Mirth , Pomp , and Fafhi- Avarice was likewise very strong in his officers , being faithfully served by Hunger , Industry , Care , and ...
... hearts of mankind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great fervice , as Pleasure , Mirth , Pomp , and Fafhi- Avarice was likewise very strong in his officers , being faithfully served by Hunger , Industry , Care , and ...
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... heart , and Avarice of another . The father of a family would often range himfelf under the banners of Avarice , and the fon under thofe of Luxury . The Wife and Husband would often declare themselves on the two different parties ; nay ...
... heart , and Avarice of another . The father of a family would often range himfelf under the banners of Avarice , and the fon under thofe of Luxury . The Wife and Husband would often declare themselves on the two different parties ; nay ...
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... heart , and di- viding the fame perfon between them . To which I fhall only add , that since the discarding of the counsellors above - men- tioned , Avarice supplies Luxury in the room of Plenty , as Luxury prompts Avarice in the place ...
... heart , and di- viding the fame perfon between them . To which I fhall only add , that since the discarding of the counsellors above - men- tioned , Avarice supplies Luxury in the room of Plenty , as Luxury prompts Avarice in the place ...
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