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Page 174
PULTENEY'S SPEECH ON REDUCING THE ARMY , SIR , E have heard a great
deal about parliamentary armies , and about an army continued from year have
always been , Sir , and always shall be , against a stand . of any kind : : to me it is
...
PULTENEY'S SPEECH ON REDUCING THE ARMY , SIR , E have heard a great
deal about parliamentary armies , and about an army continued from year have
always been , Sir , and always shall be , against a stand . of any kind : : to me it is
...
Page 177
tinued our army We e are told this army is desired to be continued but for one
year longer , or fora limited term of years . How absurdis this distinction ? Isthere
anyarmy in the world continued for any term of years ! Does the most absolute ...
tinued our army We e are told this army is desired to be continued but for one
year longer , or fora limited term of years . How absurdis this distinction ? Isthere
anyarmy in the world continued for any term of years ! Does the most absolute ...
Page 201
As if continued he , a company of travellers , in some wide forest , were all
intending for one city , but each by a rout peculiar to himself . The roads indeed
would be various , and many perhaps false ; but all who travelled , would have
one end ...
As if continued he , a company of travellers , in some wide forest , were all
intending for one city , but each by a rout peculiar to himself . The roads indeed
would be various , and many perhaps false ; but all who travelled , would have
one end ...
Page 202
And what , continued he , can this be , but well - being , under the various shapes
, in which different opinions paint it ? Or can you suggest any thing else ? I
replied , I could not . Mark here , then , continued he , another pre - conception ,
in ...
And what , continued he , can this be , but well - being , under the various shapes
, in which different opinions paint it ? Or can you suggest any thing else ? I
replied , I could not . Mark here , then , continued he , another pre - conception ,
in ...
Page 341
I was hearing this account , continued the corporal , when the youth came into the
kitchen , to order the thin toast the landlord spoke of ; -but I will do it for my father
myself , faid the youth .-- Pray let me save you the trouble , young gentleman ...
I was hearing this account , continued the corporal , when the youth came into the
kitchen , to order the thin toast the landlord spoke of ; -but I will do it for my father
myself , faid the youth .-- Pray let me save you the trouble , young gentleman ...
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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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