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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... Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but Art , unknown to thee ; All chance , Direction , which thou canst not see ; All Discord , Harmony not understood ; All partial Evil , universal Good : And , spite of Pride ...
... Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but Art , unknown to thee ; All chance , Direction , which thou canst not see ; All Discord , Harmony not understood ; All partial Evil , universal Good : And , spite of Pride ...
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... Pow'r unseen , and mightier far than they : She , from the rending earth and bursting skies , 8aw gods descend , and fiends infernal rise : Here fix'd the dreadful , there the blest abodes ; Fear made her Devils , and weak Hope her Gods ...
... Pow'r unseen , and mightier far than they : She , from the rending earth and bursting skies , 8aw gods descend , and fiends infernal rise : Here fix'd the dreadful , there the blest abodes ; Fear made her Devils , and weak Hope her Gods ...
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Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading William Enfield. Taught Pow'r's due use to People and to Kings , Taught , nor to slack , nor strain its tender strings , The less or greater , set so justly true , That touching one must ...
Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading William Enfield. Taught Pow'r's due use to People and to Kings , Taught , nor to slack , nor strain its tender strings , The less or greater , set so justly true , That touching one must ...
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... pow'r endow'd And room to stretch , was destin'd to sit still ? Sluggards are Nature's rebels , slight her laws , Nor live up to the terms on which they hold Their vital lease . Laborious terms and hard : But such the tenure of our ...
... pow'r endow'd And room to stretch , was destin'd to sit still ? Sluggards are Nature's rebels , slight her laws , Nor live up to the terms on which they hold Their vital lease . Laborious terms and hard : But such the tenure of our ...
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... pow'r Of heav'n and earth , surveys th ' immortal page , E'en as a father blessing , while he reads The praises of his son ; if then thy soul , Spurning the yoke of these inglorious days , Mix in their deeds and kindle with their flame ...
... pow'r Of heav'n and earth , surveys th ' immortal page , E'en as a father blessing , while he reads The praises of his son ; if then thy soul , Spurning the yoke of these inglorious days , Mix in their deeds and kindle with their flame ...
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