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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... 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 .
... 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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... thee to it and shelter thee ; thou shouldst eat of my own bread , and drink of my own cup -- I would be kind to thy Syl- vio - in all thy weaknesses and wanderings I would seek after thee , and bring thee back-- when the sun went down I ...
... thee to it and shelter thee ; thou shouldst eat of my own bread , and drink of my own cup -- I would be kind to thy Syl- vio - in all thy weaknesses and wanderings I would seek after thee , and bring thee back-- when the sun went down I ...
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... thee can only bind them up for ever . STERNE . € H A P. XII . CHA The Cameleon . Off it has been my lot to mark FT A proud , conceited , talking spark , With eyes , that hardly serv'd at most To guard their master ' gainst a post : Yet ...
... thee can only bind them up for ever . STERNE . € H A P. XII . CHA The Cameleon . Off it has been my lot to mark FT A proud , conceited , talking spark , With eyes , that hardly serv'd at most To guard their master ' gainst a post : Yet ...
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... thee honour , virtue , sense And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To govern men and guide the state . 9 WHITEHEAD . CHA P. XI V .. Sir Balaam .. WHERE London's column , pointing at the skies , Like a tall bully , lifts the head ...
... thee honour , virtue , sense And rais'd thee from a coachman's fate , To govern men and guide the state . 9 WHITEHEAD . CHA P. XI V .. Sir Balaam .. WHERE London's column , pointing at the skies , Like a tall bully , lifts the head ...
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... thee » With kind regard . O'er thee the secret shaft » That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour » Of noon , Hies harmless ; and that very voice , » Which thunders terror thro ' the guilty heart , » With tongues of seraphs ...
... thee » With kind regard . O'er thee the secret shaft » That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour » Of noon , Hies harmless ; and that very voice , » Which thunders terror thro ' the guilty heart , » With tongues of seraphs ...
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