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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... never tafte of death but once . Of all the wonders that I yet have heard , It seems to me moft ftrange that men fhould fear : · Seeing that death , a neceffary end ,. Will come , when it will come . THERE is fome foul of goodness in ...
... never tafte of death but once . Of all the wonders that I yet have heard , It seems to me moft ftrange that men fhould fear : · Seeing that death , a neceffary end ,. Will come , when it will come . THERE is fome foul of goodness in ...
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... never rankle more , Than when it bites , but lanceth not the fore . ' Tis flander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whofe tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whofe breath Rides on the posting winds , and doth belie All ...
... never rankle more , Than when it bites , but lanceth not the fore . ' Tis flander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whofe tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whofe breath Rides on the posting winds , and doth belie All ...
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... never want ruined villages . THE ftory fays , the Sultan was fo touched with the fable ,. that he rebuilt the towns and villages , which had been de- ftroyed , and from that time forward confulted the good of his people .. SPECTATOR ...
... never want ruined villages . THE ftory fays , the Sultan was fo touched with the fable ,. that he rebuilt the towns and villages , which had been de- ftroyed , and from that time forward confulted the good of his people .. SPECTATOR ...
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... never departed out of his fight . While thefe two great rivals were thus contending for empire , their conquests were very various . Luxury got poffeffion of one heart , and Avarice of another . The father of a family would often range ...
... never departed out of his fight . While thefe two great rivals were thus contending for empire , their conquests were very various . Luxury got poffeffion of one heart , and Avarice of another . The father of a family would often range ...
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... never far asunder . If Pain comes into a heart , he is quickly followed by Pleasure ; and if Pleasure enters , you may be fure Pain is not far off . BUT notwithstanding this marriage was very convenient for the two parties , it did not ...
... never far asunder . If Pain comes into a heart , he is quickly followed by Pleasure ; and if Pleasure enters , you may be fure Pain is not far off . BUT notwithstanding this marriage was very convenient for the two parties , it did not ...
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