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 TasteWilliam Enfield Stereotyped by Andrew Wilson, 1823 - 346 páginas |
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Página v
... Chap . Hurdis , 58 Chap . 1. ON MODESTY Spectator , 61 15. ON HAPPINESS ... 2. ON CHEERFULNESS .. .......... Ib . 63 16. ON VIRTUE ..... 3. ON SINCERITY . 4. ON HONOUR .. Page Pope , 87 ..... Ib . 89 Tillotson , 66 17. ON VERSIFICATION ...
... Chap . Hurdis , 58 Chap . 1. ON MODESTY Spectator , 61 15. ON HAPPINESS ... 2. ON CHEERFULNESS .. .......... Ib . 63 16. ON VIRTUE ..... 3. ON SINCERITY . 4. ON HONOUR .. Page Pope , 87 ..... Ib . 89 Tillotson , 66 17. ON VERSIFICATION ...
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... Chap 1. ON ANGER BOOK IV . - ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . Page Chap . Page Spectator , 116 Holland , 109 4. ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL Harris , 114 5. ON THE BEING OF A GOD ... Ib . 116 2. VIRTUE OUR HIGHEST INTEREST , 3. THE SAME SUBJECT ...
... Chap 1. ON ANGER BOOK IV . - ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . Page Chap . Page Spectator , 116 Holland , 109 4. ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL Harris , 114 5. ON THE BEING OF A GOD ... Ib . 116 2. VIRTUE OUR HIGHEST INTEREST , 3. THE SAME SUBJECT ...
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... Chap . Page Chap . Page 11. WARRINGTON ACADEMY , Mrs. Barb . 230 25. THE APOTHECARY ....... Shakspeare , 258 12. ODE TO CONTENT ....... Ib . 232 26. ODE TO EVENING ............ Collins , 259 13. ~~~~~~~ FEAR ................ Collins ...
... Chap . Page Chap . Page 11. WARRINGTON ACADEMY , Mrs. Barb . 230 25. THE APOTHECARY ....... Shakspeare , 258 12. ODE TO CONTENT ....... Ib . 232 26. ODE TO EVENING ............ Collins , 259 13. ~~~~~~~ FEAR ................ Collins ...
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... Chap . 18 and 23 , of this work . RULE IV . Pronounce your words with propriety and elegance ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xili ... Chap.
... Chap . 18 and 23 , of this work . RULE IV . Pronounce your words with propriety and elegance ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . xili ... Chap.
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... Chap . 18 . + Mr . Garrick's power of suspending the voice is well described by Sterne . See Book vi , Chap . 3 , of this work . There are , indeed , ' cases , in which XX ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
... Chap . 18 . + Mr . Garrick's power of suspending the voice is well described by Sterne . See Book vi , Chap . 3 , of this work . There are , indeed , ' cases , in which XX ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
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Página 325 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die : to sleep...
Página 217 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre.
Página 311 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; •> I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; \ So let it be with Caesar.
Página 316 - For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection: I did send To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me: was that done like Cassius?
Página 305 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Página 150 - Let him depart; his passport shall be made, And crowns for convoy put into his purse: We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us. This day is call'd the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd, And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
Página 297 - No matter where ; of comfort no man speak : Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs ; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth...
Página 323 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Página 184 - As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone.
Página 334 - Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy ! Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage or kindle soft desire.