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 oldal |
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xii. oldal
... heard or not , depends more upon the diftin & tnefs and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height of the key in which he speaks WITHIN a certain compass of notes , above or below which articulation would be difficult ...
... heard or not , depends more upon the diftin & tnefs and force with which he utters his words , than upon the height of the key in which he speaks WITHIN a certain compass of notes , above or below which articulation would be difficult ...
14. oldal
... heard , It seems to me moft ftrange that men fhould fear ; Seeing that death , a neceffary end , Will come , when it will come . THERE is fome foul of goodness in things evil , Would men obfervingly diftil it out , For our bad neighbour ...
... heard , It seems to me moft ftrange that men fhould fear ; Seeing that death , a neceffary end , Will come , when it will come . THERE is fome foul of goodness in things evil , Would men obfervingly diftil it out , For our bad neighbour ...
16. oldal
... frets his hour upon the stage , And then is heard no more !. It is a tale Told by an idiot , full of found and fury Signifying nothing . BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES ... CHAP . I. THE 16 BOOK I SELECT SENTENCES . to Page.
... frets his hour upon the stage , And then is heard no more !. It is a tale Told by an idiot , full of found and fury Signifying nothing . BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES ... CHAP . I. THE 16 BOOK I SELECT SENTENCES . to Page.
18. oldal
... heard part of their converfa- tion . but dare not tell you what it is The fultan would not be fatisfied with fuch an anfwer , but forced him to repeaty word for word , every thing the owls had faid . You must know , then , faid the ...
... heard part of their converfa- tion . but dare not tell you what it is The fultan would not be fatisfied with fuch an anfwer , but forced him to repeaty word for word , every thing the owls had faid . You must know , then , faid the ...
23. oldal
... heard of after : while Labour , who could have no enjoyment without her daugh- ters , went every where in fearch of them , till fhe was at laft feized by Laffitude in her way , and died in misery . WORLD CHAP . VI . THE OLD MAN AND HIS ...
... heard of after : while Labour , who could have no enjoyment without her daugh- ters , went every where in fearch of them , till fhe was at laft feized by Laffitude in her way , and died in misery . WORLD CHAP . VI . THE OLD MAN AND HIS ...
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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
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208. oldal - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...
357. oldal - 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...
231. oldal - 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.
219. oldal - 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.
263. oldal - 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.
279. oldal - 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...
248. oldal - 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.
205. oldal - 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.
331. oldal - ... 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.
323. oldal - 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.