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Contentment , in the absence of her fifter , gave herself up to the enticements of
Sloth , and was never heard of after ; while Labour , who could have no
enjoyment without her daugh . ters , went every where in search of them , till she
was at ...
Contentment , in the absence of her fifter , gave herself up to the enticements of
Sloth , and was never heard of after ; while Labour , who could have no
enjoyment without her daugh . ters , went every where in search of them , till she
was at ...
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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 61
She swore , in faith , ' twas strange , ' twas passing strange ; ' Twas pitiful , ' twas
wond'rous pitifulShe wish'd she had not heard it-yet she wilh'd That Heav'n had
made her such a man : -she thank'd me . And bade me , if I had a friend that lov'd
...
She swore , in faith , ' twas strange , ' twas passing strange ; ' Twas pitiful , ' twas
wond'rous pitifulShe wish'd she had not heard it-yet she wilh'd That Heav'n had
made her such a man : -she thank'd me . And bade me , if I had a friend that lov'd
...
Page 72
I never heard Sounds such as these , so worthy to be fear'd . Could I believe , that
winds for ages pent In earth's dark womb have found at last a vent , And from
their prison - house below arise , With all these hideous howlings to the skies , I ...
I never heard Sounds such as these , so worthy to be fear'd . Could I believe , that
winds for ages pent In earth's dark womb have found at last a vent , And from
their prison - house below arise , With all these hideous howlings to the skies , I ...
Page 330
The longer I heard , Lefteem'd The work of my fancy the more , And ev'n to myself
never seem'd So tuneful a poet before . Though the pleasures of London exceed
In number the days of the year , . Catharina , did nothing impede , Would feel ...
The longer I heard , Lefteem'd The work of my fancy the more , And ev'n to myself
never seem'd So tuneful a poet before . Though the pleasures of London exceed
In number the days of the year , . Catharina , did nothing impede , Would feel ...
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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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