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 SpeakingJ. Johnson, 1805 - 396 pàgines |
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Pàgina xxii
... last word , or claufe of the feries , takes the fufpending paufe , to intimate to the hearer the connexion of the whole feries with what follows . For example : Finally , brethren , whatfoever things are true , whatsoever things are ...
... last word , or claufe of the feries , takes the fufpending paufe , to intimate to the hearer the connexion of the whole feries with what follows . For example : Finally , brethren , whatfoever things are true , whatsoever things are ...
Pàgina 16
... last syllable of recorded time , And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusky death . Out , out , brief candle ! Life's but a walking fhadow , a poor player , That ftruts and frets his hour upon the stage , And then is ...
... last syllable of recorded time , And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusky death . Out , out , brief candle ! Life's but a walking fhadow , a poor player , That ftruts and frets his hour upon the stage , And then is ...
Pàgina 23
... last they arrived at the capital of the kingdom . At their entrance into the great city , the mo- ther conjured her daughters never to lofe fight of her ; for it was the will of Jupiter , she said , that their feparation fhould be ...
... last they arrived at the capital of the kingdom . At their entrance into the great city , the mo- ther conjured her daughters never to lofe fight of her ; for it was the will of Jupiter , she said , that their feparation fhould be ...
Pàgina 37
... last look and last farewell of Maria . MARIA , though not tall , was nevertheless of the first order of fine forms - affliction had touched her looks with fomething that was fcarce earthly - ftill fhe was feminine : --and fo much was ...
... last look and last farewell of Maria . MARIA , though not tall , was nevertheless of the first order of fine forms - affliction had touched her looks with fomething that was fcarce earthly - ftill fhe was feminine : --and fo much was ...
Pàgina 39
... last night , " And view'd it o'er by candle light : " I mark'd it well - ' twas black as jet- " You ftare - but , Sirs , I've got it yet , And can produce it . " - " Pray , Sir , do ; " I'll lay my life the thing is blue . " " And I'll ...
... last night , " And view'd it o'er by candle light : " I mark'd it well - ' twas black as jet- " You ftare - but , Sirs , I've got it yet , And can produce it . " - " Pray , Sir , do ; " I'll lay my life the thing is blue . " " And I'll ...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ... William Enfield Visualització completa - 1794 |
The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ... William Enfield Visualització completa - 1798 |
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Frases i termes més freqüents
affurance againſt Balaam becauſe beft bofom breaft Brutus Cæfar caufe cauſe CHAP clofe converfation Dæmons defire eafy ev'ry expreffion exprefs eyes fafe faid my uncle fame feems fenfe fentence ferve fhall fhort fhould fhow fide fince firft firſt fleep fmile foft fome fomething foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fure fweet happineſs happy hath heart Heav'n himſelf honour houfe IAGO intereft itſelf juft king laft laſt lefs lord MACD mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never numbers o'er obferve occafion paffion pafs perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible poor pow'r prefent racters raiſe reafon refpect reft SHAKSPEARE ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtate Syphax tafte taſte Theana thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uncle Toby uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife words youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 208 - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...
Pàgina 357 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
Pàgina 231 - But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment, tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Pàgina 219 - We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he : For once, upon a raw and gusty day, The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me ' Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did.
Pàgina 263 - 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.
Pàgina 279 - Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid. Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut , Made by the joiner squirrel , or old grub , Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...
Pàgina 248 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Pàgina 205 - The seasons' difference : as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say, This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Pàgina 331 - ... all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when, or where ? — This world was made for Caesar.
Pàgina 323 - Join voices all ye living souls: Ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise.