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me fee it : the bad folded it up neatly in a couple of vine leaves , tied round with a
tendril - on opening it , I sawan S marked in one of the corner . She had since that
, she told me , itrayed as far as Rome , and walked round St. Peter's once and ...
me fee it : the bad folded it up neatly in a couple of vine leaves , tied round with a
tendril - on opening it , I sawan S marked in one of the corner . She had since that
, she told me , itrayed as far as Rome , and walked round St. Peter's once and ...
Page 321
Who that , from Alpine heights , his lab'ring eye Shoots round the wild horizon , to
survey Nilus or Ganges rolling his bright wave Thro ' mountains , plains , thro '
empires black with shade , And continents of sand ! will turn his gaze To mark the
...
Who that , from Alpine heights , his lab'ring eye Shoots round the wild horizon , to
survey Nilus or Ganges rolling his bright wave Thro ' mountains , plains , thro '
empires black with shade , And continents of sand ! will turn his gaze To mark the
...
Page 324
Hence finally by night The village matron , round the blazing hearth , Suspends
the infant audience with her tales , Breathing astonishment ! of witching rhimes ,
And evil spirits ; of the death - bed call , Of him who robb'd the widow , and ...
Hence finally by night The village matron , round the blazing hearth , Suspends
the infant audience with her tales , Breathing astonishment ! of witching rhimes ,
And evil spirits ; of the death - bed call , Of him who robb'd the widow , and ...
Page 325
-And now , Philanthropy ! thy rays divine Dart round the globe from Zembla to the
Line ; O'er each dark prison plays the cheering light ,. Like northern lustres o'er
the vault of night.From realm to realm , with cross or cresent crown'd , Where'er ...
-And now , Philanthropy ! thy rays divine Dart round the globe from Zembla to the
Line ; O'er each dark prison plays the cheering light ,. Like northern lustres o'er
the vault of night.From realm to realm , with cross or cresent crown'd , Where'er ...
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... featly round , and laugh . The facred spot the superstitious ewe Regards , and
bites it not in reverence . Anon the drowsy clock tolls One - the cock His clarion
sounds — the dance breaks off -- the lights Are quench'd the music hush'd - they
...
... featly round , and laugh . The facred spot the superstitious ewe Regards , and
bites it not in reverence . Anon the drowsy clock tolls One - the cock His clarion
sounds — the dance breaks off -- the lights Are quench'd the music hush'd - they
...
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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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