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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... of thy mother : how canst thou recompense them the things they have done , for thee . There is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed . 1 € " The lips of talkers will be telling such things as 8 SELECT SENTENCES .
... of thy mother : how canst thou recompense them the things they have done , for thee . There is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed . 1 € " The lips of talkers will be telling such things as 8 SELECT SENTENCES .
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... telling such things as pertain not unto them ; but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in the balance . The heart of fools is in their mouth , but the tongue of the wise is in their heart . To labour , and to be content ...
... telling such things as pertain not unto them ; but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in the balance . The heart of fools is in their mouth , but the tongue of the wise is in their heart . To labour , and to be content ...
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... tell you what it is . The sul- tan would not be satisfied with such an answer , but forced him to repeat , word for word every thing the owls had said . You must know , then , said the visier , that one of these owls has and the other a ...
... tell you what it is . The sul- tan would not be satisfied with such an answer , but forced him to repeat , word for word every thing the owls had said . You must know , then , said the visier , that one of these owls has and the other a ...
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... tell the causes which gradually brought the house of d'E **** in Britany into decay . The Marquis d'E **** had fought up against his condition with great firm- ness ; wishing to preserve and still shew to the world some little fragments ...
... tell the causes which gradually brought the house of d'E **** in Britany into decay . The Marquis d'E **** had fought up against his condition with great firm- ness ; wishing to preserve and still shew to the world some little fragments ...
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... tell -- but God tempers the wind , said Maria , to the shorn lamb . Shorn indeed , and to the quick , said I- : and wast thou in my own land , where I have a cottage , I would take thee to it and shelter thee ; thou shouldst eat of my ...
... tell -- but God tempers the wind , said Maria , to the shorn lamb . Shorn indeed , and to the quick , said I- : and wast thou in my own land , where I have a cottage , I would take thee to it and shelter thee ; thou shouldst eat of my ...
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