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Very few men , properly speaking , live at present , but are providing to live
another time . Party is the madness of many , for the gain of a few . To endeavour
to work upon the vulgar with fine sense , is like attempting to hew blocks of
marble ...
Very few men , properly speaking , live at present , but are providing to live
another time . Party is the madness of many , for the gain of a few . To endeavour
to work upon the vulgar with fine sense , is like attempting to hew blocks of
marble ...
Page 57
Thy fight repays this summons of my fate : “ Live , and live happy ; sometimes
think of me : “ By night , by day , you still engag'd my care ; “ And , next to God ,
you now my thoughts employ : · Accept of this My little all I give ; * Would it were
larger ...
Thy fight repays this summons of my fate : “ Live , and live happy ; sometimes
think of me : “ By night , by day , you still engag'd my care ; “ And , next to God ,
you now my thoughts employ : · Accept of this My little all I give ; * Would it were
larger ...
Page 183
able to supplant country gentleman of great characters and fortune , who live in
their neighbourhood . I do not say this upon idle speculation only .-- I live in a
country where it is too well known , and I appeal to many gentlemen in the house
, to ...
able to supplant country gentleman of great characters and fortune , who live in
their neighbourhood . I do not say this upon idle speculation only .-- I live in a
country where it is too well known , and I appeal to many gentlemen in the house
, to ...
Page 290
Harte thee , Nymph , and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jolity , Quips and
Cranks , and wanton Wiles , Nods , and Becks , and wreathed Smiles , Such as
hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care
...
Harte thee , Nymph , and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jolity , Quips and
Cranks , and wanton Wiles , Nods , and Becks , and wreathed Smiles , Such as
hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care
...
Page 370
To take thy life on such conditions The council have propos'd : thou and thy friend
May yet live long , and to be better treated . Pier . Life ! ask my life ! confess !
record myself A villain for the privilege to breathe , And carry up and down this ...
To take thy life on such conditions The council have propos'd : thou and thy friend
May yet live long , and to be better treated . Pier . Life ! ask my life ! confess !
record myself A villain for the privilege to breathe , And carry up and down this ...
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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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