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 53
... thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the fecret shaft " That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour " Of noon , flies harmless ; and that very voice , " Which thunders terror thro ' the guilty heart , " With tongues of feraphs ...
... thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the fecret shaft " That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour " Of noon , flies harmless ; and that very voice , " Which thunders terror thro ' the guilty heart , " With tongues of feraphs ...
Page 57
... thee ? Urge not fo Thy flying courfer . Soon Theana's porch Receiv'd him ; at his fight , the ancient slaves Affrighted fhrick , and to the chamber point : -- Confounded , yet unknowing what they meant , He enter'd hafty – - Ah ! what a ...
... thee ? Urge not fo Thy flying courfer . Soon Theana's porch Receiv'd him ; at his fight , the ancient slaves Affrighted fhrick , and to the chamber point : -- Confounded , yet unknowing what they meant , He enter'd hafty – - Ah ! what a ...
Page 100
... thee into fcrapes and difficul- ties which no after wit can extricate thee out of . In these fallies , too oft I fee , it happens , that the perfon laughed at confiders himself in the light of a perfon injured , with all the rights of ...
... thee into fcrapes and difficul- ties which no after wit can extricate thee out of . In these fallies , too oft I fee , it happens , that the perfon laughed at confiders himself in the light of a perfon injured , with all the rights of ...
Page 101
... thee , my dear friend , as to make thee heartily fick of it , and of thy life too . REVENGE from fome baneful corner fhall level a tale of dishonour at thee , which no innocence of heart or integrity of conduct shall fet right . The ...
... thee , my dear friend , as to make thee heartily fick of it , and of thy life too . REVENGE from fome baneful corner fhall level a tale of dishonour at thee , which no innocence of heart or integrity of conduct shall fet right . The ...
Page 103
... trembling pinions foar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore . F 4 What What future blifs , he gives not thee to know CHAP . XII . 103 DIDACTIC PIECES . Page Page I The present Condition of Man vindicated Pope.
... trembling pinions foar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore . F 4 What What future blifs , he gives not thee to know CHAP . XII . 103 DIDACTIC PIECES . Page Page I The present Condition of Man vindicated Pope.
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