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The vagrant , when he begs ; the soldier , when he gives the word of command ; the watchman , when he announces the hour of the night ; the sovereign , when he issues bis edict ; the senator , when he harangues ; the lover , when he ...
The vagrant , when he begs ; the soldier , when he gives the word of command ; the watchman , when he announces the hour of the night ; the sovereign , when he issues bis edict ; the senator , when he harangues ; the lover , when he ...
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The Dervise told them , he intended to take up his nights lodging in that caravansary . The guards let him know in a very angry manner , that the house he was in , was not a caravansary but the king's palace . It happened that the king ...
The Dervise told them , he intended to take up his nights lodging in that caravansary . The guards let him know in a very angry manner , that the house he was in , was not a caravansary but the king's palace . It happened that the king ...
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it seems her only consolation -- she has never once had the pipe out of her hand , but plays that service upon it almost night and day . The postillion delivered this with so much discretion and natural eloquence , that I could not help ...
it seems her only consolation -- she has never once had the pipe out of her hand , but plays that service upon it almost night and day . The postillion delivered this with so much discretion and natural eloquence , that I could not help ...
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I caught the animal last night , » And view'd it o'er by candle - light : » I mark'd it well ' twas black as jet > « ' Tis 22 » . If » You starebut Sirs . , 42 NARRATIVE PIECES . Book ij .
I caught the animal last night , » And view'd it o'er by candle - light : » I mark'd it well ' twas black as jet > « ' Tis 22 » . If » You starebut Sirs . , 42 NARRATIVE PIECES . Book ij .
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Forbad what EMMA came to say : My Edwin , live for me . Now homeward as she hopeless went , The church - yard path along , The blast blew cold , the dark owl scream'd Her lover's fun'ral song . Amid the falling gloom of night , Her ...
Forbad what EMMA came to say : My Edwin , live for me . Now homeward as she hopeless went , The church - yard path along , The blast blew cold , the dark owl scream'd Her lover's fun'ral song . Amid the falling gloom of night , Her ...
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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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