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 43
... tell ' em , if he knew , Whether the thing was green or blue . " Sirs , " cries the umpire , " ceafe your pother " The creature's neither one nor t'other . " I caught the animal last night , " And view'd it o'er by candle - light : " I ...
... tell ' em , if he knew , Whether the thing was green or blue . " Sirs , " cries the umpire , " ceafe your pother " The creature's neither one nor t'other . " I caught the animal last night , " And view'd it o'er by candle - light : " I ...
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... tell their matchless love ! GRAINGER . CHAP . XVIII . M DOUGLAS TO LORD RANDOLPH . Y name is NORVAL : on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flock ; a frugal fwain , Whofe conftant cares were to increase his store , And keep his only ...
... tell their matchless love ! GRAINGER . CHAP . XVIII . M DOUGLAS TO LORD RANDOLPH . Y name is NORVAL : on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flock ; a frugal fwain , Whofe conftant cares were to increase his store , And keep his only ...
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... tell it . Wherein I spoke of moft difaftrous chances , Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair - breadth ' fcapes in th'imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the infolent foe , And fold to flavery ; of my redemption thence ...
... tell it . Wherein I spoke of moft difaftrous chances , Of moving accidents by flood and field ; Of hair - breadth ' fcapes in th'imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the infolent foe , And fold to flavery ; of my redemption thence ...
Page 61
... tell my story , And that would woo her . On this hint I fpake ; She lov'd me for the dangers I had past ; And I lov'd her , that she did pity them . This only is the witchcraft I have us'd . SHAKSPEARE , NOW CHA P. XX . ELIZ A. OW stood ...
... tell my story , And that would woo her . On this hint I fpake ; She lov'd me for the dangers I had past ; And I lov'd her , that she did pity them . This only is the witchcraft I have us'd . SHAKSPEARE , NOW CHA P. XX . ELIZ A. OW stood ...
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... , fatisfied with noise , Fandango , ball and rout ! Blush , when I tell you how a bird , A prison , with a friend , preferr'd To liberty without COWPER . CHAP CHA P. XXIII . PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED . A FABLE 66 Book II NARRATIVE PIECES .
... , fatisfied with noise , Fandango , ball and rout ! Blush , when I tell you how a bird , A prison , with a friend , preferr'd To liberty without COWPER . CHAP CHA P. XXIII . PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED . A FABLE 66 Book II NARRATIVE PIECES .
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