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 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-4 av 4
Side 33
... same diftemper , he was afraid of being be- reft of them all , and made a vow , if Heaven would not take him from him also , he would go in gratitude to St. Iago in Spain . WHEN the mourner got thus far in his story , he stopp'd to pay ...
... same diftemper , he was afraid of being be- reft of them all , and made a vow , if Heaven would not take him from him also , he would go in gratitude to St. Iago in Spain . WHEN the mourner got thus far in his story , he stopp'd to pay ...
Side 71
... same point . Religion embraces virtue , as it is enjoined by the laws of God ; honour , as it is grace- ful and ornamental to human nature . The religious man fears The fears , the man of honour fcorns to do CHAP . IV . DIDACTIC PIECES .
... same point . Religion embraces virtue , as it is enjoined by the laws of God ; honour , as it is grace- ful and ornamental to human nature . The religious man fears The fears , the man of honour fcorns to do CHAP . IV . DIDACTIC PIECES .
Side 130
... A HARRIS . С НА Р. III . THE SAME SUBJECT . LL men purfue Good , and would be happy , if they knew how ; not happy for minutes , and miferable for hours ; hours ; but happy , if poffible , through every 130 ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . Book IV .
... A HARRIS . С НА Р. III . THE SAME SUBJECT . LL men purfue Good , and would be happy , if they knew how ; not happy for minutes , and miferable for hours ; hours ; but happy , if poffible , through every 130 ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES . Book IV .
Side 188
... SAME SUBJECT . HARRIS . BRUTUS perished untimely , and Cæfar did no more.— These words I was repeating the next day to myself , when my friend appeared , and cheerfully bade me good- morrow . I could not return his compliment with an ...
... SAME SUBJECT . HARRIS . BRUTUS perished untimely , and Cæfar did no more.— These words I was repeating the next day to myself , when my friend appeared , and cheerfully bade me good- morrow . I could not return his compliment with an ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Very Best English ... William Enfield Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1808 |
The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ... William Enfield Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1811 |
The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ... William Enfield Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1782 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
againſt army Balaam becauſe beſt blifs bofom breaft Brutus Cæfar cauſe Dæmons defire eternal eyes fafe faid my uncle fame father fecure feems fenfe ferve fhall fhew fide fince firft firſt fleep fmile foldiers fome fomething fool foon foul fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fure happineſs happy hath heart heav'n herſelf himſelf honour houſe IAGO intereft itſelf juft juſt king laft laſt lefs Lord meaſures mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt myſelf nature never o'er obferve occafion paffion pafs pain Parliaments perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible poor pow'r praiſe prefent purpoſe raiſe reafon reft ſaid ſay Scythians ſhall ſhe ſhould ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill Syphax tears Theana thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro uncle Toby uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh worfe yourſelf youth
Populære avsnitt
Side 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...
Side 298 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.