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, ... |
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Side 338
Thus am I doubly arm'd . - My death and life , My bane and antidote , are both before me . This in a moment brings me to an end ; But this informs me I shall never die . The foul , fecur'd in her existence , smiles At the drawn dagger ...
Thus am I doubly arm'd . - My death and life , My bane and antidote , are both before me . This in a moment brings me to an end ; But this informs me I shall never die . The foul , fecur'd in her existence , smiles At the drawn dagger ...
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againſt appear army breath cauſe conſider continued dangerous death earth eternal eyes fair fall father fear feel firſt fool fortune foul give Gods hand happy hath head hear heart heav'n himſelf hold honour hope hour houſe human John juſt kind king laſt laws leave light live look Lord manner means mind moſt muſt myſelf nature never night o'er once pain paſſion peace perſon pleaſe pleaſure poor praiſe preſent reaſon ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſeems ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſoul ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch tears tell thee theſe thing thoſe thou thought thouſand thro true truth turn uncle Toby uſe virtue voice whole whoſe youth
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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.
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| Tittel | 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, ... |
| Forfatter | William Enfield |
| Utgiver | J. Johnson, 1785 |
| Original fra | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisert | 30. mai 2007 |
| Lengde | 405 sider |
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