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 19
... of the Dervise , asked him how he could pof- fibly be fo dull as not to distinguish a palace from a caravan- fary ? Sir , fays the Dervife , give me leave to ask your majesty majefty a queftion or two . Who were the perfons.
... of the Dervise , asked him how he could pof- fibly be fo dull as not to distinguish a palace from a caravan- fary ? Sir , fays the Dervife , give me leave to ask your majesty majefty a queftion or two . Who were the perfons.
Page 37
... leaves twisted a little fantastically on one fide - she was beautiful ; and if ever I felt the full force of an honeft heart- ach , it was the moment I faw her- GOD help her ! poor damfel ! above a hundred maffes , faid the poftillion ...
... leaves twisted a little fantastically on one fide - she was beautiful ; and if ever I felt the full force of an honeft heart- ach , it was the moment I faw her- GOD help her ! poor damfel ! above a hundred maffes , faid the poftillion ...
Page 39
... leave me , Sylvio , " said she . I looked in Maria's eyes , and faw fhe was thinking more of her father than of her lover or her little goat ; for as fhe uttered them , the tears trickled down her cheeks . I SAT down close by her ; and ...
... leave me , Sylvio , " said she . I looked in Maria's eyes , and faw fhe was thinking more of her father than of her lover or her little goat ; for as fhe uttered them , the tears trickled down her cheeks . I SAT down close by her ; and ...
Page 40
... leaves , tied round with a tendril - on opening it , I faw an S marked in one of the corners . SHE had fince that , fhe told me , ftrayed as far as Rome , and walked round St. Peter's once - and returned back - that fhe found her way ...
... leaves , tied round with a tendril - on opening it , I faw an S marked in one of the corners . SHE had fince that , fhe told me , ftrayed as far as Rome , and walked round St. Peter's once - and returned back - that fhe found her way ...
Page 47
... Leaves the dull Cits , and joins ( to please the Fair ) The well - bred cuckolds in St. James's air : In Britain's Senate he a feat obtains , And one more Penfioner St. Stephen gains . My Lady falls to play ; fo bad her chance , He must ...
... Leaves the dull Cits , and joins ( to please the Fair ) The well - bred cuckolds in St. James's air : In Britain's Senate he a feat obtains , And one more Penfioner St. Stephen gains . My Lady falls to play ; fo bad her chance , He must ...
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