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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... announces the hour of the night ; the fovereign , when he issues his edict ; the fenator , when he harangues ; the lover , when he whif- b 2 pers pers his tender tale ; do not differ more in ELOCUTION . xi Warrington Academy.
... announces the hour of the night ; the fovereign , when he issues his edict ; the fenator , when he harangues ; the lover , when he whif- b 2 pers pers his tender tale ; do not differ more in ELOCUTION . xi Warrington Academy.
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... night's lodging in that caravanfary . The guards let him know , in a very angry manner , 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 this ...
... night's lodging in that caravanfary . The guards let him know , in a very angry manner , 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 this ...
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... night and day . THE poftillion delivered this with so much discretion and natural eloquence , that I could not help decyphering fome- thing in his face above his condition , and fhould have fifted out his history , had not poor Maria ...
... night and day . THE poftillion delivered this with so much discretion and natural eloquence , that I could not help decyphering fome- thing in his face above his condition , and fhould 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 startling fancy found In ev'ry bush his hovering fhade , His groan in every found . Alone , appall'd , thus had she pass'd The vifionary vale , When lo ! the death - bell fmote her Sad founding in the gale . ear , Just then ...
... night , Her startling fancy found In ev'ry bush his hovering fhade , His groan in every found . Alone , appall'd , thus had she pass'd The vifionary vale , When lo ! the death - bell fmote her Sad founding in the gale . ear , Just then ...
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