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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... eternal Eden smile around . Heavy with instant fate her bosom heav'd Unwonted sighs ; and stealing oft a look Tow'rds the big gloom , on CELADON her Fell tearful , wetting her disorder'd check . In vain assuring love , and confidence ...
... eternal Eden smile around . Heavy with instant fate her bosom heav'd Unwonted sighs ; and stealing oft a look Tow'rds the big gloom , on CELADON her Fell tearful , wetting her disorder'd check . In vain assuring love , and confidence ...
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... eternal in the human breast ; Man never IS , but always TO be blest ; The soul , uneasy and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the poor Indian whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the ...
... eternal in the human breast ; Man never IS , but always TO be blest ; The soul , uneasy and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the poor Indian whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the ...
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... something still which prompts the eternal sigh , For which we bear to live , or dare to die ; Which still so near us , yet beyond us lies ; Ŏ'erlook'd , seen double , by the fool , and Chap . xv . 89 DIDACTIC PIECES . XV On Happiness ibid.
... something still which prompts the eternal sigh , For which we bear to live , or dare to die ; Which still so near us , yet beyond us lies ; Ŏ'erlook'd , seen double , by the fool , and Chap . xv . 89 DIDACTIC PIECES . XV On Happiness ibid.
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... eternal scheme Involving all , and in a perfect whole Uniting as the prospect wider spreads , To reason's eye refin'd clears up apace . Ye vainly wise ! ye blind presumptuous ! now , Confounded in the dust , adore that Power , And ...
... eternal scheme Involving all , and in a perfect whole Uniting as the prospect wider spreads , To reason's eye refin'd clears up apace . Ye vainly wise ! ye blind presumptuous ! now , Confounded in the dust , adore that Power , And ...
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... eternal scene . Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm , « That all men are about to live , For ever on the brink of being born . All pay themselves the compliment to think They , one day , shall not drivel ; and their pride ...
... eternal scene . Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm , « That all men are about to live , For ever on the brink of being born . All pay themselves the compliment to think They , one day , shall not drivel ; and their pride ...
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