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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Page 134
... breathing marbles and the sculptur'd gold , Beyond the proud poffeffor's narrow claim , His tuneful breast enjoys . For him the fpring Diftils her dews , and from the filken gem Its lucid leaves unfolds : for him , the hand Of autumn ...
... breathing marbles and the sculptur'd gold , Beyond the proud poffeffor's narrow claim , His tuneful breast enjoys . For him the fpring Diftils her dews , and from the filken gem Its lucid leaves unfolds : for him , the hand Of autumn ...
Page 154
... breath defend your worship from all profanation . CHA P. II . LIVY . I HANNIBAL TO HIS SOLDIERS . KNOW not , foldiers , whether you or your prifoners be encompaffed by fortune with the ftricter bonds and neceffities . Two feas enclofe ...
... breath defend your worship from all profanation . CHA P. II . LIVY . I HANNIBAL TO HIS SOLDIERS . KNOW not , foldiers , whether you or your prifoners be encompaffed by fortune with the ftricter bonds and neceffities . Two feas enclofe ...
Page 192
... breath of a party , may , even when it feems quite extinguished , be fud- denly revived and raised to a flame . The act of last session for naturalizing Jews , has very unexpectedly administered fuel to feed that flame . To what a ...
... breath of a party , may , even when it feems quite extinguished , be fud- denly revived and raised to a flame . The act of last session for naturalizing Jews , has very unexpectedly administered fuel to feed that flame . To what a ...
Page 258
... breath of wind , Impulfes ruftle through the mind : Here Dryads , fcorning Phoebus ' ray , While Pan melodious pipes away , In meafur'd motions frifk about , ' Till old Silenus puts them out . There fee the clover , pea , and bean , Vie ...
... breath of wind , Impulfes ruftle through the mind : Here Dryads , fcorning Phoebus ' ray , While Pan melodious pipes away , In meafur'd motions frifk about , ' Till old Silenus puts them out . There fee the clover , pea , and bean , Vie ...
Page 270
... breathing Morn , The swallow twitt'ring from the ftraw - built fhed , The cock's fhrill clarion , or the echoing horn , No more fhall rouse them from their lowly bed . For them no more the blazing hearth fhall burn . Or bufy housewife ...
... breathing Morn , The swallow twitt'ring from the ftraw - built fhed , The cock's fhrill clarion , or the echoing horn , No more fhall rouse them from their lowly bed . For them no more the blazing hearth fhall burn . Or bufy housewife ...
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affurance againſt Balaam becauſe beſt bofom breaft buſineſs cauſe CHAP cloſe confequence confidered converfation Dæmons defire diſtinguiſhed elocution emphafis exerciſe expreffion exprefs fafe faid fame feem fenfe fentence fentiment ferve fhall fhew fhould firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fure genius happineſs heart heaven herſelf himſelf honour houſe intereft itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs meaſures mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never o'er obferving occafion ourſelves paffion pafs pain paufe perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent purpoſe racters raiſe reading reafon refpect reft ſaid Scythians ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpeaker ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte Theana thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro underſtand uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wife wiſdom words writing yourſelf