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Ere a sword was drawn , An arrow from my bow had pierc'd their chief , Who wore
that day the arms which now I wear . Returning home in triumph , I disdain'd The
shepherd's Nothful life ; and having heard That our good king had summon'd ...
Ere a sword was drawn , An arrow from my bow had pierc'd their chief , Who wore
that day the arms which now I wear . Returning home in triumph , I disdain'd The
shepherd's Nothful life ; and having heard That our good king had summon'd ...
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Hoarse barks the wolf , the vulture screams from far ! • The angel , Pity , shuns the
walks of war ! « Oh , spare ye war - hounds , spare their tender age ! « On me , on
me , " she cried , “ exhaust your rage ! ” . Then with weak arms ...
Hoarse barks the wolf , the vulture screams from far ! • The angel , Pity , shuns the
walks of war ! « Oh , spare ye war - hounds , spare their tender age ! « On me , on
me , " she cried , “ exhaust your rage ! ” . Then with weak arms ...
Page 380
Glad am I that your Highness is so arm'd To bear the tidings of calamity . ... thin
and hairless scalps Against thy Majesty ; boys , with women's voices , Strive to
speak big , and clasp their female joints In stiff unwieldy arms , against thy crown .
Glad am I that your Highness is so arm'd To bear the tidings of calamity . ... thin
and hairless scalps Against thy Majesty ; boys , with women's voices , Strive to
speak big , and clasp their female joints In stiff unwieldy arms , against thy crown .
Page 425
... Morpheus rouses from his bed , Sloth unfolds her arms and wakes , List'ning
Envy drops her snakes ; Intestine war no more our Passions wage . And giddy
Factions hear away their rage , , But when our country's cause provokes to arms ...
... Morpheus rouses from his bed , Sloth unfolds her arms and wakes , List'ning
Envy drops her snakes ; Intestine war no more our Passions wage . And giddy
Factions hear away their rage , , But when our country's cause provokes to arms ...
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Transported demi - gods stood round , And men grew heroes at the found ,
Enflam'd with glory's charms ; Each chief his sev'nfold shield display'd , And half
unsheath'd the shining blade ; And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms
, to ...
Transported demi - gods stood round , And men grew heroes at the found ,
Enflam'd with glory's charms ; Each chief his sev'nfold shield display'd , And half
unsheath'd the shining blade ; And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms
, to ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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