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 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xxiii
... laft found to be elevated or emphatical , an easy fall , fufficient to show that the fenfe is finished , will be proper . And in pathetic pieces , espe- cially thofe of the plaintive , tender , or folemn kind , the tone of the paffion ...
... laft found to be elevated or emphatical , an easy fall , fufficient to show that the fenfe is finished , will be proper . And in pathetic pieces , espe- cially thofe of the plaintive , tender , or folemn kind , the tone of the paffion ...
الصفحة 20
... laft perfon that lodged here ? The king replied , His father . And who is it , fays the Dervife , that lodges here at prefent ? The king told him , That it was he himself . And who , fays the Dervife , will be here after you ? The king ...
... laft perfon that lodged here ? The king replied , His father . And who is it , fays the Dervife , that lodges here at prefent ? The king told him , That it was he himself . And who , fays the Dervife , will be here after you ? The king ...
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... laft , in order to an accommodation , they agreed upon this preliminary , that each of them should immediately difmifs his privy - counfel- lor . When things were thus far adjusted towards a peace , all all other differences were foon ...
... laft , in order to an accommodation , they agreed upon this preliminary , that each of them should immediately difmifs his privy - counfel- lor . When things were thus far adjusted towards a peace , all all other differences were foon ...
الصفحة 26
... laft died in child - birth of Disease . Content- ment , in the absence of her fifter , gave herself up to the en- ticements of Sloth , and was never heard of after : while Labour , who could have no enjoyment without her daugh- ters ...
... laft died in child - birth of Disease . Content- ment , in the absence of her fifter , gave herself up to the en- ticements of Sloth , and was never heard of after : while Labour , who could have no enjoyment without her daugh- ters ...
الصفحة 37
... laft will reftore her to herself ; but her parents , who know her beft , are hopeless upon that fcore , and think her fenfes are loft for ever . As the poftillion fpoke this , Maria made a cadence E 4 As СНАР . ХІ . 37 NARRATIVE PIECES .
... laft will reftore her to herself ; but her parents , who know her beft , are hopeless upon that fcore , and think her fenfes are loft for ever . As the poftillion fpoke this , Maria made a cadence E 4 As СНАР . ХІ . 37 NARRATIVE PIECES .
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الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 298 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.