The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers, Disposed Under Proper Heads for the Improvement of Youth, in Reading and Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays: I. On Elocution. II. On Reading Works of TasteW. Clowes, 1827 - 346 էջ |
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... hope in th ' air of men's fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . Who shall go about To cozen fortune , and be honourable Without the stamp of merit ...
... hope in th ' air of men's fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . Who shall go about To cozen fortune , and be honourable Without the stamp of merit ...
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... hope you will gain , both for yourself and me , an immortal reputation . But be- fore I invite you into my society and friendship , I will be open and sincere with you , and must lay down this as an estab- lished truth , that there is ...
... hope you will gain , both for yourself and me , an immortal reputation . But be- fore I invite you into my society and friendship , I will be open and sincere with you , and must lay down this as an estab- lished truth , that there is ...
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... Hope , who was his nurse , and conveyed by her to the forests of Arcadia , where he was brought up among the shepherds . But Jupiter assigned him a different partner , and command- ed him to espouse Sorrow , the daughter of Atè . He com ...
... Hope , who was his nurse , and conveyed by her to the forests of Arcadia , where he was brought up among the shepherds . But Jupiter assigned him a different partner , and command- ed him to espouse Sorrow , the daughter of Atè . He com ...
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... hope , had caught his eye , " Alas ! unhappy youth , " he cried , " Expect no praise from me , " and sigh'd ; " With indignation I survey " Such skill and judgment thrown away ; " The time , profusely squander'd there " On vulgar arts ...
... hope , had caught his eye , " Alas ! unhappy youth , " he cried , " Expect no praise from me , " and sigh'd ; " With indignation I survey " Such skill and judgment thrown away ; " The time , profusely squander'd there " On vulgar arts ...
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... hope , and sympathetic glow Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd power Of giving joy . Alone , amid the shades , Still in harmonious intercourse they liv'd ...
... hope , and sympathetic glow Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd power Of giving joy . Alone , amid the shades , Still in harmonious intercourse they liv'd ...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ... William Enfield Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1808 |
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Էջ 91 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Էջ 155 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but as he was ambitious I slew him.
Էջ 229 - 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 canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Էջ 248 - Or call up him that left half told The Story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Էջ 254 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners: But I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Էջ 245 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Էջ 242 - 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.
Էջ 244 - 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.
Էջ 335 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law.
Էջ 250 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge him thy greater ; sound his praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall'st.