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Who builds his hope in th ' air of men's fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . -Who shall go about To cozen Fortune , and be honourable Without the ...
Who builds his hope in th ' air of men's fair looks , Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . -Who shall go about To cozen Fortune , and be honourable Without the ...
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It is but three years ago , that the sun did not shine upon so fair , so quick - witted , and amiable a maid ; and better fate did Maria deserve , than to have her banns forbid , by the intrigues of the curate of the parish who ...
It is but three years ago , that the sun did not shine upon so fair , so quick - witted , and amiable a maid ; and better fate did Maria deserve , than to have her banns forbid , by the intrigues of the curate of the parish who ...
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A Nymph of Quality admires our Knight : He marries , bows at Court , and grows polite : Leaves the dull Cits , and joins ( to please the fair ) The well - bred cuckolds in St. James's air : In Britain's Senate he a seat obtains ...
A Nymph of Quality admires our Knight : He marries , bows at Court , and grows polite : Leaves the dull Cits , and joins ( to please the fair ) The well - bred cuckolds in St. James's air : In Britain's Senate he a seat obtains ...
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Long had she fired each youth with love , Each maiden with despair ; And though by all a wonder own'd , Yet knew not she was fair ; ' Till Edwin came , the pride of swains , A soul that knew no art , And from whose eyes serenely mild ...
Long had she fired each youth with love , Each maiden with despair ; And though by all a wonder own'd , Yet knew not she was fair ; ' Till Edwin came , the pride of swains , A soul that knew no art , And from whose eyes serenely mild ...
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Love tun'd his song For fair TheANA was his only theme , Acasto's daughter , wliom in early youth He oft distinguish'd ; and for whom he oft Had climb'd the bending cocoa's airy height To rob it of its nectar ; which the maid , When he ...
Love tun'd his song For fair TheANA was his only theme , Acasto's daughter , wliom in early youth He oft distinguish'd ; and for whom he oft Had climb'd the bending cocoa's airy height To rob it of its nectar ; which the maid , When he ...
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| Title | The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | F. Louis, 1804 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2018 |
| Length | 376 pages |
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