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Page 72
we * Their periwigs of wool , and fears combin'd , Stamp'd on each countence
such marks of mind That fage they seem'd ... nor should appear For such a cause
to feel the slightest fear , Yourselves have seen , what time the thunders roll'd All
...
we * Their periwigs of wool , and fears combin'd , Stamp'd on each countence
such marks of mind That fage they seem'd ... nor should appear For such a cause
to feel the slightest fear , Yourselves have seen , what time the thunders roll'd All
...
Page 153
Lucretia , a woman , disdained a life that depended on a tyrant's will ; and shall
we , shall men with such an example before our eyes , and after five - andtwenty
years of ignominious fervitude , shall we , through a fear of dying , defer one
fingle ...
Lucretia , a woman , disdained a life that depended on a tyrant's will ; and shall
we , shall men with such an example before our eyes , and after five - andtwenty
years of ignominious fervitude , shall we , through a fear of dying , defer one
fingle ...
Page 241
I do fear the people Choose Cæsar for their king . CAS . Ay , do you fear ? Then
must I think you would not have it so . Bry , I would not , Callius ; yet I love him
well , But wherefore do you hold me here so long ? What is it that you would
impart ...
I do fear the people Choose Cæsar for their king . CAS . Ay , do you fear ? Then
must I think you would not have it so . Bry , I would not , Callius ; yet I love him
well , But wherefore do you hold me here so long ? What is it that you would
impart ...
Page 280
O DE TO F E A R .. THOU , to whom the world unknown With all its shadowy
shapes is tnown , Who seeft appallid th ' unreal scene , While Fancy lifts the veil
between : Ah Fear ! ah frantic Fear ! I fee , I see thee near . I know thy hurried step
...
O DE TO F E A R .. THOU , to whom the world unknown With all its shadowy
shapes is tnown , Who seeft appallid th ' unreal scene , While Fancy lifts the veil
between : Ah Fear ! ah frantic Fear ! I fee , I see thee near . I know thy hurried step
...
Page 417
In the mean time , Let me be thought too busy in my fears , ( As worthy cause I
have to fear I am ) And hold her free , I do befeech your Honour . Orh . Fear not
my government . TAGO . I once more take my leave , SHAKSPEARE . t с н A P.
In the mean time , Let me be thought too busy in my fears , ( As worthy cause I
have to fear I am ) And hold her free , I do befeech your Honour . Orh . Fear not
my government . TAGO . I once more take my leave , SHAKSPEARE . t с н A P.
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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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