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... And light up glory thro ' her wide domain ; Their various tastes in different arts display'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and shade , With friendly union in one mass shall blend , And this adorn the state , and that defend .
... And light up glory thro ' her wide domain ; Their various tastes in different arts display'd , Like temper'd harmony of light and shade , With friendly union in one mass shall blend , And this adorn the state , and that defend .
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Heaven doth with us , as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us , ' twere all alike As if we had them not . Spirits are not finely touch'd , But to fine issues : nor Nature never ...
Heaven doth with us , as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us , ' twere all alike As if we had them not . Spirits are not finely touch'd , But to fine issues : nor Nature never ...
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THERE HERE were two families , which from the beginning of the world were as opposite to each other as light and darkness . The one of them lived in heaven , and the other in hell . The youngest descendant of the first family was ...
THERE HERE were two families , which from the beginning of the world were as opposite to each other as light and darkness . The one of them lived in heaven , and the other in hell . The youngest descendant of the first family was ...
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... go light ! The old man hearing this , set his boy upon the ass , and went whistling by the side of him . Why sirrah ! ( cries a second man to the boy ) is it fit for you to be riding , while your poor old father is walking on foot ?
... go light ! The old man hearing this , set his boy upon the ass , and went whistling by the side of him . Why sirrah ! ( cries a second man to the boy ) is it fit for you to be riding , while your poor old father is walking on foot ?
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There was enough left for the little exigencies of obscurity -- But he had two boys who looked up to him for light -- he thought they deserved it . He had tried his sword -- it could not open the way -- the mounting was too expensive ...
There was enough left for the little exigencies of obscurity -- But he had two boys who looked up to him for light -- he thought they deserved it . He had tried his sword -- it could not open the way -- the mounting was too expensive ...
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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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