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. To which is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By W. Enfield, ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - 405 pages |
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... against each other : the name of the first was Luxury , and of the second Avarice . The aim of each of them was no less than univerfal monarchy over the hearts of mankind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great service ...
... against each other : the name of the first was Luxury , and of the second Avarice . The aim of each of them was no less than univerfal monarchy over the hearts of mankind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great service ...
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... against want , and confequently undermining those principles on which the government of Avarice was founded . At laft , in order to an accommodation , they agreed upon this preliminary , that A each each of them fhould immediately ...
... against want , and confequently undermining those principles on which the government of Avarice was founded . At laft , in order to an accommodation , they agreed upon this preliminary , that A each each of them fhould immediately ...
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... against his condition -with great firm- nefs ; wishing to preferve and ftill fhew to the world fome little fragments of what his ancestors had been - their in- discretion had put it out of his power . There was enough left for the ...
... against his condition -with great firm- nefs ; wishing to preferve and ftill fhew to the world fome little fragments of what his ancestors had been - their in- discretion had put it out of his power . There was enough left for the ...
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... against his Cornish lands they roar , And two rich fhipwrecks blefs the lucky fhore . Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : " Live like yourfelf , " was foon my Lady's word And ...
... against his Cornish lands they roar , And two rich fhipwrecks blefs the lucky fhore . Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : " Live like yourfelf , " was foon my Lady's word And ...
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... against my side : From her white arm down funk her head , She fhiver'd , fighed , and died ! MALLET . CHAP . XVI . CELADON AND AMELIA . " TIS lift'ning fear , and dumb amazement all : When to the startled e eye the fudden glance Appears ...
... against my side : From her white arm down funk her head , She fhiver'd , fighed , and died ! MALLET . CHAP . XVI . CELADON AND AMELIA . " TIS lift'ning fear , and dumb amazement all : When to the startled e eye the fudden glance Appears ...
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