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 |
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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 , fays the Dervife , that lodges here at prefent ? The king told him , That it was he himself . And who , fays the Dervife , will be here after you ? The king anfwered , The young prince his fon . Ah , Sir ...
... father . And who is it , fays the Dervife , that lodges here at prefent ? The king told him , That it was he himself . And who , fays the Dervife , will be here after you ? The king anfwered , The young prince his fon . Ah , Sir ...
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... father of the fon faid to the father of the daughter , in my hearing , brother , I consent to this marriage , provided you will fettle upon your daughter fifty ruined villages 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 consent to this marriage , provided you will fettle upon your daughter fifty ruined villages 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 those of Luxury . The Wife and Husband would often declare themselves on the two different parties ; nay , the same person would very often ...
... father of a family would often range himself under the banners of Avarice , and the fon under those of Luxury . The Wife and Husband would often declare themselves on the two different parties ; nay , the same person would very often ...
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... father is walking on foot ? The father , upon this rebuke , took down his boy from the afs , 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 almoft ...
... father is walking on foot ? The father , upon this rebuke , took down his boy from the afs , 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 almoft ...
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