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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... father with thy whole heart , and forget not the forrows of thy mother : how canft thou recompense them the things they have done for thee ? THERE is nothing fo much worth as a mind well in- ftructed . THE lips of talkers will be ...
... father with thy whole heart , and forget not the forrows of thy mother : how canft thou recompense them the things they have done for thee ? THERE is nothing fo much worth as a mind well in- ftructed . THE lips of talkers will be ...
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... father . And who is it , says the Dervife , that lodges here at prefent ? The king told him , That it was he himself . And who , fays the Dervise , will be here after you ? The king answered , The young prince his fon . Ah , Sire ...
... father . And who is it , says the Dervife , that lodges here at prefent ? The king told him , That it was he himself . And who , fays the Dervise , will be here after you ? The king answered , The young prince his fon . Ah , Sire ...
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... father of the fon faid to the father of the daughter , in my hearing , Brother , I confent to this marriage ,. provided you will fettle upon your daughter fifty ruined vil- lages for her portion . To which the father of the daughter ...
... father of the fon faid to the father of the daughter , in my hearing , Brother , I confent to this marriage ,. provided you will fettle upon your daughter fifty ruined vil- lages for her portion . To which the father of the daughter ...
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... father of a family would often range himself under the banners of Avarice , and the fon under thofe of Luxury . The wife and husband would often declare themfelves on the two different parties ; nay , ` , the fame perfon would very ...
... father of a family would often range himself under the banners of Avarice , and the fon under thofe of Luxury . The wife and husband would often declare themfelves on the two different parties ; nay , ` , the fame perfon would very ...
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... father is walking on foot ? The father , upon this rebuke , took down his boy from the ass , and mounted himself . Do you fee ( fays a third ) how the lazy old knave rides along upon his beaft , while his poor little boy is almost ...
... father is walking on foot ? The father , upon this rebuke , took down his boy from the ass , and mounted himself . Do you fee ( fays a third ) how the lazy old knave rides along upon his beaft , while his poor little boy is almost ...
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