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 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 93.
Pàgina
... MOST DEVOTED , AND MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT , WILLIAM SCOTT . 27X345 1 # AN earneft defire of improving this Selection as much.
... MOST DEVOTED , AND MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT , WILLIAM SCOTT . 27X345 1 # AN earneft defire of improving this Selection as much.
Pàgina 13
... most reasonable . It is idle , as well as abfurd , to impofe our opinions . upon others . The fame ground of conviction operates differently on the fame man in different circumftances , and on different men in the fame circumstances ...
... most reasonable . It is idle , as well as abfurd , to impofe our opinions . upon others . The fame ground of conviction operates differently on the fame man in different circumftances , and on different men in the fame circumstances ...
Pàgina 15
... most faulty , are the most prone to find faults in others . The first and most important female quality is fweet- nefs of temper . Heaven did not give to the female fex infinuation and perfuafion , in order to be furly : it did not make ...
... most faulty , are the most prone to find faults in others . The first and most important female quality is fweet- nefs of temper . Heaven did not give to the female fex infinuation and perfuafion , in order to be furly : it did not make ...
Pàgina 16
... most profitable revenge , the moft rational , and the most pleasant , is to make it the intereft of the inju rious perfon not to hurt you a fecond time . It was a faying of Socrates , that we fhould eat and drink in order to live ...
... most profitable revenge , the moft rational , and the most pleasant , is to make it the intereft of the inju rious perfon not to hurt you a fecond time . It was a faying of Socrates , that we fhould eat and drink in order to live ...
Pàgina 22
... most fragrant flowers , and the most delicious fruits . They regaled themfelves for a time on the various dainties that were fpread fpread before them ; the one loading his thigh at 22 PART IS LESSONS The picture, ibid The two bees ...
... most fragrant flowers , and the most delicious fruits . They regaled themfelves for a time on the various dainties that were fpread fpread before them ; the one loading his thigh at 22 PART IS LESSONS The picture, ibid The two bees ...
Continguts
| 46 | |
| 54 | |
| 65 | |
| 70 | |
| 75 | |
| 76 | |
| 82 | |
| 89 | |
| 97 | |
| 106 | |
| 113 | |
| 120 | |
| 136 | |
| 148 | |
| 162 | |
| 172 | |
| 226 | |
| 236 | |
| 243 | |
| 257 | |
| 267 | |
| 273 | |
| 279 | |
| 286 | |
| 295 | |
| 301 | |
| 308 | |
| 340 | |
| 346 | |
| 354 | |
| 357 | |
| 364 | |
Frases i termes més freqüents
againſt beauty becauſe beſt Brutus Cæfar Clodius confider confideration converfation death defign defire eyes fafe faid fame father fcene fecond fecret feem feen fenfe ferve fervice feven feveral fhade fhall fhort fhould fhow fide fince firft firſt flain fleep foldiers fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpirit friends ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fure fweet hand happineſs happy hath heart heav'n hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe itſelf juft Jugurtha Lady G laft laſt lefs loft look Lord mafter mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never o'er obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffion Patricians perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Pompey praife prefent raiſed reafon reft rife Roman Rome ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion uncle Toby uſe virtue whofe wife worfe youth
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.