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 pages |
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Page xxi
... means be fufficient to attend to the points used in printing ; for thefe are far from marking all the paufes which ought to be made in fpeaking . A mechanical at- tention to these refting places has , perhaps , been one caufe of ...
... means be fufficient to attend to the points used in printing ; for thefe are far from marking all the paufes which ought to be made in fpeaking . A mechanical at- tention to these refting places has , perhaps , been one caufe of ...
Page xxxii
... mean time , provides entertainment for those who are dif- pofed to laugh at folly , or indulge an honeft indignation against vice , in the fmile of Horace , the grin of Lucian , and the frown of Juvenal . So rich and various are the ...
... mean time , provides entertainment for those who are dif- pofed to laugh at folly , or indulge an honeft indignation against vice , in the fmile of Horace , the grin of Lucian , and the frown of Juvenal . So rich and various are the ...
Page xxxiv
... his feelings in contemplating the objects , which , by means of a due choice and arrangement of words , are prefented before his imagination , and then proceeds to to a critical examination of the degree of invention , xxxiv ON READING.
... his feelings in contemplating the objects , which , by means of a due choice and arrangement of words , are prefented before his imagination , and then proceeds to to a critical examination of the degree of invention , xxxiv ON READING.
Page xxxix
... mean , or moderate abilities . The field of nature lies equally open to all men : but it is only the man whofe powers are vigorous and commanding , who can combine them with that di- verfity which is neceffary to produce a strong ...
... mean , or moderate abilities . The field of nature lies equally open to all men : but it is only the man whofe powers are vigorous and commanding , who can combine them with that di- verfity which is neceffary to produce a strong ...
Page xli
... means of the powers of vifion . Whatever is lofty , vast , or profound , whilft it fills the eye , expands the imagina- tion , and dilates the heart , and thus becomes a fource of pleasure . Who that , from Alpine heights , his lab'ring ...
... means of the powers of vifion . Whatever is lofty , vast , or profound , whilft it fills the eye , expands the imagina- tion , and dilates the heart , and thus becomes a fource of pleasure . Who that , from Alpine heights , his lab'ring ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.