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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... peace with many : nevertheless , have but one counsellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way . Let reason go before every enterprize , and coun- sel before every action . DOA CHAP . VI . THE latter part of a wise man's life ...
... peace with many : nevertheless , have but one counsellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way . Let reason go before every enterprize , and coun- sel before every action . DOA CHAP . VI . THE latter part of a wise man's life ...
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... peace , all other differences were soon accommodated , insomuch , that for the future they resolved to live as good friends and confede- rates , and to share between them whatever conquests were made on either side . For this reason we ...
... peace , all other differences were soon accommodated , insomuch , that for the future they resolved to live as good friends and confede- rates , and to share between them whatever conquests were made on either side . For this reason we ...
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... peace shall have no power to disturb you . Your whole employment shall be to make your life easy , and to entertain every sense with its proper gratification . Sumptuous tables , beds of roses , clouds of perfumes , concerts of music ...
... peace shall have no power to disturb you . Your whole employment shall be to make your life easy , and to entertain every sense with its proper gratification . Sumptuous tables , beds of roses , clouds of perfumes , concerts of music ...
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... peace , An humble cottage stood . There beauteous EMMA flourish'd 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 ...
... peace , An humble cottage stood . There beauteous EMMA flourish'd 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 ...
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... peace to thine . " " Tis safety to be near thee sure , and thus " To clasp perfection From his void embrace , ( Mysterious Heaven ! ) that moment to the ground , A blacken'd corse , was struck the beauteous maid . But who can paint the ...
... peace to thine . " " Tis safety to be near thee sure , and thus " To clasp perfection From his void embrace , ( Mysterious Heaven ! ) that moment to the ground , A blacken'd corse , was struck the beauteous maid . But who can paint the ...
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