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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... happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear , who dares to die . THERE is but one way of fortifying the foul against all gloomy prefages and terrors of mind ; and that is , by fecur- 1ng to ourselves the friendship and protection ...
... happy in all conditions . He knows not how to fear , who dares to die . THERE is but one way of fortifying the foul against all gloomy prefages and terrors of mind ; and that is , by fecur- 1ng to ourselves the friendship and protection ...
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... fpecies , commonly called man , was too virtuous to be mifera- ble , and too vicious to be happy ; that he might make a distinction diftinction between the good and the bad , ordered the CHAP . IV . NARRATIVE PIECES . 23.
... fpecies , commonly called man , was too virtuous to be mifera- ble , and too vicious to be happy ; that he might make a distinction diftinction between the good and the bad , ordered the CHAP . IV . NARRATIVE PIECES . 23.
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... happy period of the golden age , when all the ce- IN leftial inhabitants defcended to the earth , and converfed familiarly with mortals , amongft the moft cherished of the heavenly powers were twins , the offspring of Jupiter , LOVE and ...
... happy period of the golden age , when all the ce- IN leftial inhabitants defcended to the earth , and converfed familiarly with mortals , amongft the moft cherished of the heavenly powers were twins , the offspring of Jupiter , LOVE and ...
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... happy hours of heart - felt blifs Did love on both bestow ! But blifs too mighty long to last , Where fortune proves a foc . His fifter , who like envy form'd , Like her in mifchief joy'd , To work them harm , with wicked fkill Each ...
... happy hours of heart - felt blifs Did love on both bestow ! But blifs too mighty long to last , Where fortune proves a foc . His fifter , who like envy form'd , Like her in mifchief joy'd , To work them harm , with wicked fkill Each ...
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... , cach was to each a dearer self ; Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd power Of giving joy . Alone , amid the shades , Still in harmonious intercourse they liv'd The The rural day , and talk'd the flowing hour , 52 NARRATIVE PIECES . BOOK II .
... , cach was to each a dearer self ; Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd power Of giving joy . Alone , amid the shades , Still in harmonious intercourse they liv'd The The rural day , and talk'd the flowing hour , 52 NARRATIVE PIECES . BOOK II .
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