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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... thou givest any thing ! Shall not the dew assuage the heat ? so is a word bet ter than a gift . Le , is not a word better than a gift ? but both are with a gracious man . Blame not , before thou hast examined the truth ; understand ...
... thou givest any thing ! Shall not the dew assuage the heat ? so is a word bet ter than a gift . Le , is not a word better than a gift ? but both are with a gracious man . Blame not , before thou hast examined the truth ; understand ...
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William Enfield. forget not the sorrows of the mother : how canst thou recompense them the things they have done for thee ? There is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed . The lips of talkers will be telling such things as ...
William Enfield. forget not the sorrows of the mother : how canst thou recompense them the things they have done for thee ? There is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed . The lips of talkers will be telling such things as ...
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... thou been alive to have shared it with me . I thought by the accent , it had been an apostrophe to his child ; but it was to his ass , and to the very ass we had seen dead in the the road , which had occasioned La Fleur's misad- venture ...
... thou been alive to have shared it with me . I thought by the accent , it had been an apostrophe to his child ; but it was to his ass , and to the very ass we had seen dead in the the road , which had occasioned La Fleur's misad- venture ...
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... Thou hast one comfort , friend , said I , at least in the loss of thy poor heast : I am sure thou hast been a merciful master to him - Alas ! said the mourner , I thought so , when he was alive - but now he is dead I think otherwise - I ...
... Thou hast one comfort , friend , said I , at least in the loss of thy poor heast : I am sure thou hast been a merciful master to him - Alas ! said the mourner , I thought so , when he was alive - but now he is dead I think otherwise - I ...
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... Thou shalt not leave " me , Sylvio , " said she . I looked in Maria's eyes , and saw she was thinking more of her father than of her lover or her little goat ; for as she uttered them the tears trickled down her cheeks . I sat down ...
... Thou shalt not leave " me , Sylvio , " said she . I looked in Maria's eyes , and saw she was thinking more of her father than of her lover or her little goat ; for as she uttered them the tears trickled down her cheeks . I sat down ...
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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