The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays |
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Page 25
... nymph had a dejected appearance , but so soft and gentle a mien , that she was beloved to a de- gree of enthusiasm . Her voice was low and plaintive , but inexpressibly sweet ; and she loved to lie for hours together on the banks of ...
... nymph had a dejected appearance , but so soft and gentle a mien , that she was beloved to a de- gree of enthusiasm . Her voice was low and plaintive , but inexpressibly sweet ; and she loved to lie for hours together on the banks of ...
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... nymphs started at the sight ; The muses drop the learned lyre , And to their inmost shades retire . Howe'er the youth , with forward air , Bows to the sage , and mounts the car The lash resounds , the coursers spring ; The chariot marks ...
... nymphs started at the sight ; The muses drop the learned lyre , And to their inmost shades retire . Howe'er the youth , with forward air , Bows to the sage , and mounts the car The lash resounds , the coursers spring ; The chariot marks ...
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... nymph of quality admires our knight , He marries , bows at court , and grows polite : Leaves the dull cits , and joins ( to please the fair ) The wellbred cuckolds in St. James's air . In Britain's senate he a seat obtains , And one ...
... nymph of quality admires our knight , He marries , bows at court , and grows polite : Leaves the dull cits , and joins ( to please the fair ) The wellbred cuckolds in St. James's air . In Britain's senate he a seat obtains , And one ...
Page 216
... solemn shade , Invite , and contemplation aid ; Here nymphs from hollow oaks relate The dark decrees and will of fate ; : And dreams beneath the spreading beech Inspire , and docile 216 BOOK VII . DESCRIPTIVE PIECES .
... solemn shade , Invite , and contemplation aid ; Here nymphs from hollow oaks relate The dark decrees and will of fate ; : And dreams beneath the spreading beech Inspire , and docile 216 BOOK VII . DESCRIPTIVE PIECES .
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... nymph , with curious eye , Who , the purple ev'ning , lie On the mountain's lonely van , Beyond the noise of busy man , Painting fair the form of things , While the yellow linnet sings ; Or the tuneful nightingale Charnis the forest ...
... nymph , with curious eye , Who , the purple ev'ning , lie On the mountain's lonely van , Beyond the noise of busy man , Painting fair the form of things , While the yellow linnet sings ; Or the tuneful nightingale Charnis the forest ...
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