The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for ReadingF. Louis, 1804 - 376 pages |
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... Sterling . Sterl . W HAT are your commends with me , Sir John ? Sir John . After having carried the negocia tion between our families to so great a length ; after having assented so readily to all your pro- posals , as well as received ...
... Sterling . Sterl . W HAT are your commends with me , Sir John ? Sir John . After having carried the negocia tion between our families to so great a length ; after having assented so readily to all your pro- posals , as well as received ...
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... Sterl . What the deuce is all this ? I do not understand a single syllable . Sir John . In one word , then , it will be absolutely impossible for me to fulfil my en- gagements in regard to Miss Sterling . Sterl . How , Sir John ? Do you ...
... Sterl . What the deuce is all this ? I do not understand a single syllable . Sir John . In one word , then , it will be absolutely impossible for me to fulfil my en- gagements in regard to Miss Sterling . Sterl . How , Sir John ? Do you ...
Page 194
... Sterl . Compensation ! What compensation can you possibly make in such a case as this , Sir John ? Sir John . Come , come , Mr. Sterling ; I know you to be a man of sense , and a man of business , a man of the world . I will deal ...
... Sterl . Compensation ! What compensation can you possibly make in such a case as this , Sir John ? Sir John . Come , come , Mr. Sterling ; I know you to be a man of sense , and a man of business , a man of the world . I will deal ...
Page 195
... Sterl . Thirty thousand , do you say ? Sir John . Yes , Sir ; and accept of Miss Fanny , with fifty thousand instead of four- score . Sterl . Fifty thousand-- Sir John . Instead of fourscore . Sterl . Why , why , there may be some ...
... Sterl . Thirty thousand , do you say ? Sir John . Yes , Sir ; and accept of Miss Fanny , with fifty thousand instead of four- score . Sterl . Fifty thousand-- Sir John . Instead of fourscore . Sterl . Why , why , there may be some ...
Page 196
... Sterl . True , true ; and since you only trans- fer from one girl to another it is no more than transferring so much stock you know . Sir John . The very thing . Sterl . Odso ! I had quite forgot --We are reckoning without our host here ...
... Sterl . True , true ; and since you only trans- fer from one girl to another it is no more than transferring so much stock you know . Sir John . The very thing . Sterl . Odso ! I had quite forgot --We are reckoning without our host here ...
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