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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... Wish 7. Grongar Hill 8. Hymn to Adversity 9. Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College 10. Elegy written in a Country Church Yard H. Warrington Academy 12. Ode to Content ibid . 193 ... ibid . 195 ibid . 197 ibid . 200 ibid , 204 PIECES ...
... Wish 7. Grongar Hill 8. Hymn to Adversity 9. Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College 10. Elegy written in a Country Church Yard H. Warrington Academy 12. Ode to Content ibid . 193 ... ibid . 195 ibid . 197 ibid . 200 ibid , 204 PIECES ...
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... wishes , or the eye looks for in woman , that could the traces be ever worn out of her brain , and those of Eliza out of mine , she should not only eat of my bread and drink of my own cup , but Maria should lie in my bosom , and be unto ...
... wishes , or the eye looks for in woman , that could the traces be ever worn out of her brain , and those of Eliza out of mine , she should not only eat of my bread and drink of my own cup , but Maria should lie in my bosom , and be unto ...
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... 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 let the pride of great ones.scorn This ...
... 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 let the pride of great ones.scorn This ...
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... wish , Th ' enchanting hope , and sympathetic glow , Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; Supremely Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd pow'r Of giving joy 46 BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES ...
... wish , Th ' enchanting hope , and sympathetic glow , Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; Supremely Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd pow'r Of giving joy 46 BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES ...
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... wish'd she had not heard it yet she wish'd That Heav'n had made her such a man she thank'd me , And bade me if I had a friend that lov'd her , I should but teach hini how to tell my story , And that would woo her . On this hint I spake ...
... wish'd she had not heard it yet she wish'd That Heav'n had made her such a man she thank'd me , And bade me if I had a friend that lov'd her , I should but teach hini how to tell my story , And that would woo her . On this hint I spake ...
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