The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for ReadingF. Louis, 1804 - 376 pages |
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... bear two suns nor Asia two kings . Parmenio , a friend of Alexander's , hearing the great offers Darius had made , said : Were I Alexander I would accept them . So would I , replied Alexander , were I Parmenio . Nobility is to be ...
... bear two suns nor Asia two kings . Parmenio , a friend of Alexander's , hearing the great offers Darius had made , said : Were I Alexander I would accept them . So would I , replied Alexander , were I Parmenio . Nobility is to be ...
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... bear , Are ready to burst on thee ! Urge not so Thy flying courser . Soon THEANA's porch Receiv'd him ; at his sight the ancient slaves Affrighted shriek , and to the chamber point ; - Confounded , yet unknowing what they meant , He ...
... bear , Are ready to burst on thee ! Urge not so Thy flying courser . Soon THEANA's porch Receiv'd him ; at his sight the ancient slaves Affrighted shriek , and to the chamber point ; - Confounded , yet unknowing what they meant , He ...
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... bear him out to the last . TILLOTSON . CHA P. I V. I V ... EVERY On Honour . VERY principal that is a motive to good ac- tions ought to be encouraged , since men are of so different a make , that the same principle does not work equally ...
... bear him out to the last . TILLOTSON . CHA P. I V. I V ... EVERY On Honour . VERY principal that is a motive to good ac- tions ought to be encouraged , since men are of so different a make , that the same principle does not work equally ...
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... bear him company . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of Weigh thy opinion against providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust ...
... bear him company . Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of Weigh thy opinion against providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust ...
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... bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but Art , unknown to thee ; All chance , Direction , which thou canst not see ; All Discord , Harmony not understood ; All partial ...
... bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but Art , unknown to thee ; All chance , Direction , which thou canst not see ; All Discord , Harmony not understood ; All partial ...
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