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. To which is Prefixed an Essay on ElocutionSimms&McIntyre, 1811 - 644 pages |
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... fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down , Into the fatal bowels of the deep . Who shall go about To cozen fortune and to be honourable Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To ...
... fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down , Into the fatal bowels of the deep . Who shall go about To cozen fortune and to be honourable Without the stamp of merit ? Let none presume To ...
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... fair , so quick - witted and amiable a maid ; a better fate did Maria deserve , than to have her bands forbid by the intrigues of the curate of the parish who published them He was going on , when Maria who had made a short pause , put ...
... fair , so quick - witted and amiable a maid ; a better fate did Maria deserve , than to have her bands forbid by the intrigues of the curate of the parish who published them He was going on , when Maria who had made a short pause , put ...
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... fair ) The well bred cuckolds in St. James ' air : In Britain's Senate he a seat obtains , And one more pensioner St. Stephen gains . My lady falls to play ; so bad her chance , He must repair it ; takes a brioe from France . The house ...
... fair ) The well bred cuckolds in St. James ' air : In Britain's Senate he a seat obtains , And one more pensioner St. Stephen gains . My lady falls to play ; so bad her chance , He must repair it ; takes a brioe from France . The house ...
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... fair Beneath a mother's eye , Whose only wish on earth was now To see her blest , and die . The softest blush that nature spreads Gave colour to her cheek ; ' Such orient colour smiles thro ' heav'n When May's sweet mornings break Nor ...
... fair Beneath a mother's eye , Whose only wish on earth was now To see her blest , and die . The softest blush that nature spreads Gave colour to her cheek ; ' Such orient colour smiles thro ' heav'n When May's sweet mornings break Nor ...
Page 48
... fair Theana was his only theme , G Acasto's daughter , whom , in early youth , He oft distinguish'd ; and for whom he oft Had elimb'd the bending cocoa's airy height , To rob it of its nectar ; which the maid , When he presented , more ...
... fair Theana was his only theme , G Acasto's daughter , whom , in early youth , He oft distinguish'd ; and for whom he oft Had elimb'd the bending cocoa's airy height , To rob it of its nectar ; which the maid , When he presented , more ...
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Acmit army Avarice Balaam behold bliss bosom breast Brutus Cæsar CELADON CHAP cheerfulness Dæmon danger daugh daughter death divine doth earth endeavour eternal Ev'n ev'ry fate father fear fool fortune FRAM Gauls give Gods grace Grongar Hill hand happy hast hath head hear heart heav'n honour hope hour humour IAGO king labour learning live look Lord MACD mankind Maria marriage means mind modesty motley fool Muse nature Nature's never noble nymph o'er once pain passion Patricians peace perfection person pity pleasure poor pow'r praise pride Romans sapadillas Scythians sense shade SHAKSPEARE SIR JOHN smiles SNEYD DAVIES soul speak spirit STERL suavitèr sweet Syphax tears tell Theana thee thing thou thought Tis green truth twas uncle Toby virtue virtuous voice whole wisdom wise words youth