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 Speaking. To which is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By W. Enfield, ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - 405 pages |
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... ( such for inftance as abound with long and unusual words , or in which many fhort fyllables come together ) and to read , at certain ftated times , much flower than the fenfe and just speaking would require . Almoft all perfons , who ...
... ( such for inftance as abound with long and unusual words , or in which many fhort fyllables come together ) and to read , at certain ftated times , much flower than the fenfe and just speaking would require . Almoft all perfons , who ...
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... such a part ; fhe has fometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . It is the infirmity of little minds to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing that fparkles ; but great minds have but ...
... such a part ; fhe has fometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of his own making . It is the infirmity of little minds to be taken with every appearance , and dazzled with every thing that fparkles ; but great minds have but ...
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... such full poffef- fion of me . We had got up by this time almoft to the bank where Maria was fitting : fhe was in a thin white jacket , with her hair , all but two treffes , drawn up in a filk net , with a few olive leaves twisted a ...
... such full poffef- fion of me . We had got up by this time almoft to the bank where Maria was fitting : fhe was in a thin white jacket , with her hair , all but two treffes , drawn up in a filk net , with a few olive leaves twisted a ...
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... Such skill and judgment thrown away .. The time profufely squander'd there , On vulgar arts beneath thy care , If well employ'd , at lefs expence ,. Had taught thee honour , virtue , fenfe ,. And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To ...
... Such skill and judgment thrown away .. The time profufely squander'd there , On vulgar arts beneath thy care , If well employ'd , at lefs expence ,. Had taught thee honour , virtue , fenfe ,. And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To ...
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... such a busy life ) But duly fent his family and wife . There ( fo the devil ordain'd ) one Christmas tide My good old Lady catch'd a cold and dy'd . A nymph of quality admires our Knight , He marries , bows at Court , and grows polite ...
... such a busy life ) But duly fent his family and wife . There ( fo the devil ordain'd ) one Christmas tide My good old Lady catch'd a cold and dy'd . A nymph of quality admires our Knight , He marries , bows at Court , and grows polite ...
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