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Page 55
Ah , Junio knew His fire detested his Theana's house ! Thus duty , reverence ,
gratitude , conspir'd To check their happy union . He refolv'd ( And many a figh
that resolution cost ) To pass the time , till death his fire remov'd , In visiting old ...
Ah , Junio knew His fire detested his Theana's house ! Thus duty , reverence ,
gratitude , conspir'd To check their happy union . He refolv'd ( And many a figh
that resolution cost ) To pass the time , till death his fire remov'd , In visiting old ...
Page 244
I am glad that my weak words Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus
. SHAKSPEARE . с н А Р. II . BELLARIUS , GUIDERIUS , AND ARVIRAGUS . BEL
, A GOODLY day ! not to keep house , with such Whose roof's as low as ours ...
I am glad that my weak words Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus
. SHAKSPEARE . с н А Р. II . BELLARIUS , GUIDERIUS , AND ARVIRAGUS . BEL
, A GOODLY day ! not to keep house , with such Whose roof's as low as ours ...
Page 271
No children run to lisp their fire's return , Or climb his knees the envied kiss to
share . Oft did the harvest to their siekle yield , Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe
has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods ...
No children run to lisp their fire's return , Or climb his knees the envied kiss to
share . Oft did the harvest to their siekle yield , Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe
has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods ...
Page 341
Pray let me save you the trouble , young gentleman , said I , taking up a fork for
the purpose , and offering him my chair to sit down upon by the fire , whilft I did it .
-- I believe , Sir , faid he , very modestly , I can please him beft myself .. I am sure
...
Pray let me save you the trouble , young gentleman , said I , taking up a fork for
the purpose , and offering him my chair to sit down upon by the fire , whilft I did it .
-- I believe , Sir , faid he , very modestly , I can please him beft myself .. I am sure
...
Page 382
The heav'ns were all on fire , the earth did tremble . Hor . O , then the earth Mook
to see the heav'ns on fire , And not in fear of your nativity . Diseased nature
oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions ; and the teeming earth Is with a kind
of ...
The heav'ns were all on fire , the earth did tremble . Hor . O , then the earth Mook
to see the heav'ns on fire , And not in fear of your nativity . Diseased nature
oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions ; and the teeming earth Is with a kind
of ...
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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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