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 ElocutionJ. Johnson, 1785 - 405 sivua |
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Sivu x
... defire that it fhould be understood or felt by their audi- This is a fundamental fault : a speaker ence . without energy , is a lifeless statue . In order to acquire a forcible manner of pro- nouncing your words , inure yourself , while ...
... defire that it fhould be understood or felt by their audi- This is a fundamental fault : a speaker ence . without energy , is a lifeless statue . In order to acquire a forcible manner of pro- nouncing your words , inure yourself , while ...
Sivu 1
... pafs over a tranfgreffion . MONEY , like manure , does no good till it is fpread . There is no real ufe of riches , except in the diftribution : the reft is all conceit . Cz A WISE A WISE man will defire no more than what he.
... pafs over a tranfgreffion . MONEY , like manure , does no good till it is fpread . There is no real ufe of riches , except in the diftribution : the reft is all conceit . Cz A WISE A WISE man will defire no more than what he.
Sivu 2
... defire no more than what he may get justly , ufe foberly , diftribute cheerfully , and live upon con- tentedly . A CONTENTED mind , and a good confcience , will make a man happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear , who dares ...
... defire no more than what he may get justly , ufe foberly , diftribute cheerfully , and live upon con- tentedly . A CONTENTED mind , and a good confcience , will make a man happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear , who dares ...
Sivu 6
... defires , and lafting as our immortal fouls ; without this the highest state of life is infipid , and with it the lowest is a paradise . С НА Р. С НА Р. V. HONOURABLE age is not that which * 6 Book I. SELECT SENTENCES .
... defires , and lafting as our immortal fouls ; without this the highest state of life is infipid , and with it the lowest is a paradise . С НА Р. С НА Р. V. HONOURABLE age is not that which * 6 Book I. SELECT SENTENCES .
Sivu 25
... defire of feeing the world , they forfook their companions and habitation , and determined to travel . Labour went foberly along the road with Health on the right hand , who by the fprightlinefs of her conver fation , and fongs of ...
... defire of feeing the world , they forfook their companions and habitation , and determined to travel . Labour went foberly along the road with Health on the right hand , who by the fprightlinefs of her conver fation , and fongs of ...
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Sivu 375 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood ! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy...
Sivu 298 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Sivu 213 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Sivu 327 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Sivu 402 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
Sivu 376 - 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.
Sivu 274 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Sivu 255 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Sivu 378 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Sivu 395 - tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above: There is no shuffling; there the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.