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To labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . Be in peace with many ; nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way . Let reason go before every enterprize , and counsel ...
To labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . Be in peace with many ; nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way . Let reason go before every enterprize , and counsel ...
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From this nniou sprung a virgin , in whom might be traced strong resemblance to both her parents ; but the sullen and unamiable features of her mother were so mixed and blended with the sweetness of her father , that her countenance ...
From this nniou sprung a virgin , in whom might be traced strong resemblance to both her parents ; but the sullen and unamiable features of her mother were so mixed and blended with the sweetness of her father , that her countenance ...
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Her voice was low and plaintive , but inexpressibly sweet ; and she loved to lie for hours together on the banks of some wild and melancholy stream , singing to her hute . She taught men to weep , for she took a strange delight in tears ...
Her voice was low and plaintive , but inexpressibly sweet ; and she loved to lie for hours together on the banks of some wild and melancholy stream , singing to her hute . She taught men to weep , for she took a strange delight in tears ...
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The softest blush that nature spreads , Gave colour to her cheek ; Such orient colour smiles thro ' béavin When May's sweet mornings break . Nor let the pride of great ónes scorn The charmers of the plains ; That sun which bids their ...
The softest blush that nature spreads , Gave colour to her cheek ; Such orient colour smiles thro ' béavin When May's sweet mornings break . Nor let the pride of great ónes scorn The charmers of the plains ; That sun which bids their ...
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Tis past , he cry'd , but if but if your souls Sweet mercy yet can move , Let these dim eyes once more behold What they must ever love . She came ; his cold hand softly touch'd , And bath'd with many a tear ; First falling o'er the ...
Tis past , he cry'd , but if but if your souls Sweet mercy yet can move , Let these dim eyes once more behold What they must ever love . She came ; his cold hand softly touch'd , And bath'd with many a tear ; First falling o'er the ...
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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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