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WHEN Darius offered Alexander ten thousand talents to divide Asia equally with
him, he answered, the earth cannot Alexander's, hearing the great offers Darius
had made, said, were I Alexander I would accept them. So would I, replied ...
WHEN Darius offered Alexander ten thousand talents to divide Asia equally with
him, he answered, the earth cannot Alexander's, hearing the great offers Darius
had made, said, were I Alexander I would accept them. So would I, replied ...
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Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do fail; and that
should teach us, There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how
we will. The Poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth,
...
Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do fail; and that
should teach us, There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how
we will. The Poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth,
...
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The middle station of nature between these two opposite extremes was the earth,
which was inhabited by creatures of a middle kind, neither so virtuous as the one,
nor so vicious as the other, but partaking of the good and bad qualities of ...
The middle station of nature between these two opposite extremes was the earth,
which was inhabited by creatures of a middle kind, neither so virtuous as the one,
nor so vicious as the other, but partaking of the good and bad qualities of ...
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But in the mean time the sons of men deviated from their native innocence; Vice
and Ruin overran the earth with giant strides; and Astrea, with her !. w her train of
celestial visitants, forsook their polluted 3e N ARRATIVE PIECE S. (Bock II.
But in the mean time the sons of men deviated from their native innocence; Vice
and Ruin overran the earth with giant strides; and Astrea, with her !. w her train of
celestial visitants, forsook their polluted 3e N ARRATIVE PIECE S. (Bock II.
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The nymph is mortal, for her mother is fo; and when she has fulfilled her destined
course upon the earth, they shall both expire together, and Love be again united
to Joy, his immortal and long betrothed bride. MRs. BARBAUL p. C H A P. IX ...
The nymph is mortal, for her mother is fo; and when she has fulfilled her destined
course upon the earth, they shall both expire together, and Love be again united
to Joy, his immortal and long betrothed bride. MRs. BARBAUL p. C H A P. IX ...
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| Title | 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, ... |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Publisher | A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2016 |
| Length | 405 pages |
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