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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... ll allow- » I've seen and sure I ought to know » So begs you'd pay a due submission , And acquiesce in his decision . Two travellers of such a cast " As o'er Arabia's Chap . xij . 41 NARRATIVE PIECES . The Camelion Merrick.
... ll allow- » I've seen and sure I ought to know » So begs you'd pay a due submission , And acquiesce in his decision . Two travellers of such a cast " As o'er Arabia's Chap . xij . 41 NARRATIVE PIECES . The Camelion Merrick.
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... o'er Arabia's wilds they past , And on their way in friendly chat Now talk'd of this , and then of that , Discours'd awhile ' mongst other matter , Of the Cameleon's form and nature . » A stranger animal , » cries one , « Sure never liv ...
... o'er Arabia's wilds they past , And on their way in friendly chat Now talk'd of this , and then of that , Discours'd awhile ' mongst other matter , Of the Cameleon's form and nature . » A stranger animal , » cries one , « Sure never liv ...
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... o'er his dying bed , And weary'd Heaven with fruitless pray'rs , And fruitless sorrows shed . ' Tis past , he cry'd , but if your souls . Sweet mercy yet can move , Let these dim eyes once more behold What they must ever love . She came ...
... o'er his dying bed , And weary'd Heaven with fruitless pray'rs , And fruitless sorrows shed . ' Tis past , he cry'd , but if your souls . Sweet mercy yet can move , Let these dim eyes once more behold What they must ever love . She came ...
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... o'er the verge of heaven , The tempest growls ; but as it nearer comes And rolls its aweful burden on the wind , The lightnings flash a larger curve , and more The noise astounds : till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ...
... o'er the verge of heaven , The tempest growls ; but as it nearer comes And rolls its aweful burden on the wind , The lightnings flash a larger curve , and more The noise astounds : till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ...
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... O'er thee the secret shaft » That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour » Of noon , Hies harmless ; and that very voice , » Which thunders terror thro ' the guilty heart , » With tongues of seraphs whispers peace to thine ...
... O'er thee the secret shaft » That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour » Of noon , Hies harmless ; and that very voice , » Which thunders terror thro ' the guilty heart , » With tongues of seraphs whispers peace to thine ...
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