Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking, as Well as for the Perusal of Persons of Taste : with an Appendix, Containing Concise Lessons on a New Plan, and Principles of English GrammarC. Elliot, 1789 - 398 pàgines |
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Pàgina 14
... fhould be an exception . We prize a horfe for his ftrength and courage , not for his furniture . We prize a man for his fumptuous pa- lace , his great train , his vaft revenue ; yet these are his furniture , not his mind . The true ...
... fhould be an exception . We prize a horfe for his ftrength and courage , not for his furniture . We prize a man for his fumptuous pa- lace , his great train , his vaft revenue ; yet these are his furniture , not his mind . The true ...
Pàgina 16
... fhould eat and drink in order to live ; inftead of living , as many do , in order to eat and drink . Be moderate in your pleasures , that your relish for them may continue . Time is requifite to bring great projects to maturity ...
... fhould eat and drink in order to live ; inftead of living , as many do , in order to eat and drink . Be moderate in your pleasures , that your relish for them may continue . Time is requifite to bring great projects to maturity ...
Pàgina 21
... fhould be tried and , whilft the operation was performing , the Fox , with a farcaftic fmile , whispered this ufeful maxim in the Wolf's ear - If you would be fafe from harm your- felf , learn for the future not to meditate mischief ...
... fhould be tried and , whilft the operation was performing , the Fox , with a farcaftic fmile , whispered this ufeful maxim in the Wolf's ear - If you would be fafe from harm your- felf , learn for the future not to meditate mischief ...
Pàgina 22
... fhould reftore it . A man having brought it to him , de- manded the reward . The ufurer , loath to give the re- ward now that he had got the bag , alleged , after the bag was opened , that there were an hundred and ten pounds in it when ...
... fhould reftore it . A man having brought it to him , de- manded the reward . The ufurer , loath to give the re- ward now that he had got the bag , alleged , after the bag was opened , that there were an hundred and ten pounds in it when ...
Pàgina 24
... fhould confent to be imprifoned in his ftead , and put to death for him if he did not return before the day of execution . The attention of ' every one , and efpecially of the tyrant himself , was excited to the highest pitch , as every ...
... fhould confent to be imprifoned in his ftead , and put to death for him if he did not return before the day of execution . The attention of ' every one , and efpecially of the tyrant himself , was excited to the highest pitch , as every ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 375 - I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Pàgina 321 - This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Pàgina 209 - 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 220 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Pàgina 109 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Pàgina 353 - tis no matter ; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour ? A word. What is that word honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! Who hath it ? He that died o
Pàgina 323 - 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 336 - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Pàgina 321 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Pàgina 187 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.