The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Very Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which is Prefixed an Essay on ElocutionW. Borrowdale, 1808 - 412 páginas |
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... eye , than the fight of a man whom you have obliged ; nor any mufic so agree- able to the ear , as the voice of one that owns you for his benefactor . The coin that is moft current among mankind is flattery ; the only benefit of which ...
... eye , than the fight of a man whom you have obliged ; nor any mufic so agree- able to the ear , as the voice of one that owns you for his benefactor . The coin that is moft current among mankind is flattery ; the only benefit of which ...
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... eye of infinite wisdom , power , and goodness , that will crown our virtuous endeavours here with a hap- piness hereafter , large as our desires , and lasting as our immortal fouls ; without this the highest state of life is infipid ...
... eye of infinite wisdom , power , and goodness , that will crown our virtuous endeavours here with a hap- piness hereafter , large as our desires , and lasting as our immortal fouls ; without this the highest state of life is infipid ...
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... eyes caft towards the ground with an agreeable reserve , her motion and behaviour full of modefty , and her raiment as white as fnow . The other had a great deal of health and floridness in her countenance , which fhe had helped with an ...
... eyes caft towards the ground with an agreeable reserve , her motion and behaviour full of modefty , and her raiment as white as fnow . The other had a great deal of health and floridness in her countenance , which fhe had helped with an ...
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... eyes funk , her forehead contracted into perpetual wrinkles , and her temples were covered with a wreath of cypress and worm wood . From this union fprung a virgin , in whom might be traced a strong resemblance to both her parents ; but ...
... eyes funk , her forehead contracted into perpetual wrinkles , and her temples were covered with a wreath of cypress and worm wood . From this union fprung a virgin , in whom might be traced a strong resemblance to both her parents ; but ...
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... eye , and bending his head down over it - I think I faw a tear fall upon the place : I could not be deceived by what followed . " I fhall find ( faid he ) fome other way to get it off . " When the Marquis had said this , he returned his ...
... eye , and bending his head down over it - I think I faw a tear fall upon the place : I could not be deceived by what followed . " I fhall find ( faid he ) fome other way to get it off . " When the Marquis had said this , he returned his ...
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