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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Page 37
... leaves twisted a little fantastically on one fide- -fhe was beautiful ; and if ever I felt the full force of an honest heart - ach , it was the moment I saw her- GOD help her ! poor damfel ! above a hundred maffes , faid the poftilion ...
... leaves twisted a little fantastically on one fide- -fhe was beautiful ; and if ever I felt the full force of an honest heart - ach , it was the moment I saw her- GOD help her ! poor damfel ! above a hundred maffes , faid the poftilion ...
Page 39
... leave me Sylvio ! " said she . I looked in Maria's eyes , and faw she was think- ing 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 clofe by her , and ...
... leave me Sylvio ! " said she . I looked in Maria's eyes , and faw she was think- ing 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 clofe 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 , she 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 , she 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 ...
Page 76
... leaves us without importance and without regard . Ir is remarked by Prince Henry , when he fees Falstaffly- ing on the ground , " that he could have better spared a bet- ter man . " He was well acquainted with the vices and fol- lies of ...
... leaves us without importance and without regard . Ir is remarked by Prince Henry , when he fees Falstaffly- ing on the ground , " that he could have better spared a bet- ter man . " He was well acquainted with the vices and fol- lies of ...
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