An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Mind and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which is Prefixed, Rules in Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind |
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Page 206
... Miss Walsingham , it is rather cruel that you should be left at home by yourself , and yet I am greatly rejoiced to find you at present without company . Miss Wal . I can't but think myself in the best of company when I have the honour ...
... Miss Walsingham , it is rather cruel that you should be left at home by yourself , and yet I am greatly rejoiced to find you at present without company . Miss Wal . I can't but think myself in the best of company when I have the honour ...
Page 207
... Miss Wal . How unjust it was ever to suppose the General a tyrannical father ! - [ aside . I Gen. You have told me condescendingly , Miss Walsing- ham , that you have no objection to change your name . have but one question more to ask .
... Miss Wal . How unjust it was ever to suppose the General a tyrannical father ! - [ aside . I Gen. You have told me condescendingly , Miss Walsing- ham , that you have no objection to change your name . have but one question more to ask .
Page 208
... Miss Wal . Then I must have been very indiscreet , for I laboured to conceal that prepossession as much as possible . Gen. You could not conceal it from me ; the female heart is a field I am thoroughly acquainted with . Miss Wal . I ...
... Miss Wal . Then I must have been very indiscreet , for I laboured to conceal that prepossession as much as possible . Gen. You could not conceal it from me ; the female heart is a field I am thoroughly acquainted with . Miss Wal . I ...
Page 209
... Miss Wal . Well , I see I must forgive you at last ; so I may as well make a merit of necessity , you provoking creature . Capt . And may I indeed hope for the blessing of this hand ? Miss Wal . Why you wretch , would you have me to ...
... Miss Wal . Well , I see I must forgive you at last ; so I may as well make a merit of necessity , you provoking creature . Capt . And may I indeed hope for the blessing of this hand ? Miss Wal . Why you wretch , would you have me to ...
Page 210
... Miss Wal . True , Sir , but I thought you were going to bestow my dear hand upon this dear gentleman . Gen. How that dear gentleman ! Capt . I am thunderstruck ! Tor . Fortune favours the brave ... Miss Wal. No other idea,Sir, ever ...
... Miss Wal . True , Sir , but I thought you were going to bestow my dear hand upon this dear gentleman . Gen. How that dear gentleman ! Capt . I am thunderstruck ! Tor . Fortune favours the brave ... Miss Wal. No other idea,Sir, ever ...
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