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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... night ; the fovereign , when he iffues his edict ; the fenator , when he harangues ; the lover , when he whispers his tender tale ; do not dif- fer more in the tones which they ufe , than in the key in which they speak . Reading and ...
... night ; the fovereign , when he iffues his edict ; the fenator , when he harangues ; the lover , when he whispers his tender tale ; do not dif- fer more in the tones which they ufe , than in the key in which they speak . Reading and ...
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... night's lodging in that cara , vanfary . The guards let him know , in a very angry man- ner , that the house he was in was not a caravansary , but the king's palace . It happened that the king himself passed through the gallery during ...
... night's lodging in that cara , vanfary . The guards let him know , in a very angry man- ner , that the house he was in was not a caravansary , but the king's palace . It happened that the king himself passed through the gallery during ...
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... night and day . - THE poftilion delivered this with fo much discretion and natural eloquence , that I could not help decyphering fome- thing in his face above his condition , and should have fifted out his history , had not poor Maria ...
... night and day . - THE poftilion delivered this with fo much discretion and natural eloquence , that I could not help decyphering fome- thing in his face above his condition , and should have fifted out his history , had not poor Maria ...
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... night , " And view'd it o'er by candle - light : " I mark'd it well - ' twas black as jet- " You ftare - but , Sirs , I've got it yet , " And can produce it . ” — “ Pray , Sir , do : " I'll lay my life the thing is blue . " " And I'll ...
... night , " And view'd it o'er by candle - light : " I mark'd it well - ' twas black as jet- " You ftare - but , Sirs , I've got it yet , " And can produce it . ” — “ Pray , Sir , do : " I'll lay my life the thing is blue . " " And I'll ...
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... night , Her ftartling fancy found In ev'ry bush his hov'ring fhade , in ev'ry found . His groan Alone , appall'd , thus had she pass'd The vifi'nary vale , When , lo ! the death - bell smote her ear , Sad founding in the gale . Just ...
... night , Her ftartling fancy found In ev'ry bush his hov'ring fhade , in ev'ry found . His groan Alone , appall'd , thus had she pass'd The vifi'nary vale , When , lo ! the death - bell smote her ear , Sad founding in the gale . Just ...
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