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 EssaysA. Wilson, 1808 - 346 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xvii
... breast of a wise man , but rests only in the bosom of fools . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . An angry man who suppresses his passion , thinks worse thau he speaks ; and an angry man that will chide , speaks worse than he thinks ...
... breast of a wise man , but rests only in the bosom of fools . To err is human ; to forgive , divine . An angry man who suppresses his passion , thinks worse thau he speaks ; and an angry man that will chide , speaks worse than he thinks ...
Σελίδα 3
... breast of a wise man , but rests only in the bosom of fools . None more impatiently suffer injuries , than those that are most forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over , he is ...
... breast of a wise man , but rests only in the bosom of fools . None more impatiently suffer injuries , than those that are most forward in doing them . By taking revenge , a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over , he is ...
Σελίδα 25
... breast was observed to build in the cabin where she was born ; and while she was yet an infant , a dove pursued by a hawk flew into her bosom . This nymph had a dejected appearance , but so soft and gentle a mien , that she was beloved ...
... breast was observed to build in the cabin where she was born ; and while she was yet an infant , a dove pursued by a hawk flew into her bosom . This nymph had a dejected appearance , but so soft and gentle a mien , that she was beloved ...
Σελίδα 35
... breast . " At length quite vain , he needs would shew His master what his art could do ; And bade his slaves the chariot lead To Academus ' sacred shade . The trembling grove confess'd it's fright : The wood nymphs started at the sight ...
... breast . " At length quite vain , he needs would shew His master what his art could do ; And bade his slaves the chariot lead To Academus ' sacred shade . The trembling grove confess'd it's fright : The wood nymphs started at the sight ...
Σελίδα 42
... breast , His father sent him from these genial isles , To where old Thames with conscious pride surveys Green Eton , soft abode of every muse . Each classic beauty he soon made his own ; And soon fam'd Isis saw him woo the nine , On her ...
... breast , His father sent him from these genial isles , To where old Thames with conscious pride surveys Green Eton , soft abode of every muse . Each classic beauty he soon made his own ; And soon fam'd Isis saw him woo the nine , On her ...
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