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You never heard the most delicious music , which is the praise of one's self ; nor
saw the most beautiful object , which is the work of one's own hands . Your
votaries pass away their youth in a dream of mistaken pleasures , while they are
...
You never heard the most delicious music , which is the praise of one's self ; nor
saw the most beautiful object , which is the work of one's own hands . Your
votaries pass away their youth in a dream of mistaken pleasures , while they are
...
Page 232
You committed me ; : For which I do commit into your hand Thi unitained sword
that you have us'd to bear ;: With this remembrance , that you use the same With
a like bold , just , and impartial fpirit , As you have done ' gainst me . There is my ...
You committed me ; : For which I do commit into your hand Thi unitained sword
that you have us'd to bear ;: With this remembrance , that you use the same With
a like bold , just , and impartial fpirit , As you have done ' gainst me . There is my ...
Page 319
... skies and vernal show'rs , And all the fair variety of things . But not alike to
every mortal eye Is this great scene unveil'd . For fince the claims Of social life , to
diff'rent labours urge . The active pow'rs of man ; with wife intent The hand of
nature ...
... skies and vernal show'rs , And all the fair variety of things . But not alike to
every mortal eye Is this great scene unveil'd . For fince the claims Of social life , to
diff'rent labours urge . The active pow'rs of man ; with wife intent The hand of
nature ...
Page 337
... cities in Europe - when my uncle Toby wasone evening getting his supper ,
with Trim fitting behind him at a small fideboard ; -- The landlord of a little inn in
the village came into the parlour with an empty phial in his hand to beg a glass or
two ...
... cities in Europe - when my uncle Toby wasone evening getting his supper ,
with Trim fitting behind him at a small fideboard ; -- The landlord of a little inn in
the village came into the parlour with an empty phial in his hand to beg a glass or
two ...
Page 341
The youth took hold of my hand , and instantly burst into tears . -Poor youth ! said
my uncle Toby , -- he has been bred up from an infant in the army , and the name
of a soldier , Trim , founded in his ears like the name of a friend ; I wish I had ...
The youth took hold of my hand , and instantly burst into tears . -Poor youth ! said
my uncle Toby , -- he has been bred up from an infant in the army , and the name
of a soldier , Trim , founded in his ears like the name of a friend ; I wish I had ...
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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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