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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... earth can- not bear two suns , nor Asia two kings . " Parmenio , a friend of Alexander's , hearing the great offers Darius had made , said , " Were I Alexander ; I would accept them . " " So would I , " replied Alexander , " were I ...
... earth can- not bear two suns , nor Asia two kings . " Parmenio , a friend of Alexander's , hearing the great offers Darius had made , said , " Were I Alexander ; I would accept them . " " So would I , " replied Alexander , " were I ...
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... earth , from earth to Heav'n And as Imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown , the Poet's pen Turns them to shape , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . Heaven doth with us as we with torches do , CHAP ...
... earth , from earth to Heav'n And as Imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown , the Poet's pen Turns them to shape , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . Heaven doth with us as we with torches do , CHAP ...
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... between these two opposite extremes was the earth , which was inhabited by creatures of a middle kind , neither so virtuous as the one , nor so vicious as the other , but partaking of the good and 18 Book II . NARRATIVE PIECES .
... between these two opposite extremes was the earth , which was inhabited by creatures of a middle kind , neither so virtuous as the one , nor so vicious as the other , but partaking of the good and 18 Book II . NARRATIVE PIECES .
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... earth , and conversed familiarly with mortals , among the most cherished of the heavenly powers were twins , the offspring of Jupiter , Love and Joy . Wherever they appeared , the flowers sprung up beneath their feet , the sun shone ...
... earth , and conversed familiarly with mortals , among the most cherished of the heavenly powers were twins , the offspring of Jupiter , Love and Joy . Wherever they appeared , the flowers sprung up beneath their feet , the sun shone ...
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... earth , they shall both expire together , and Love be again united to Joy , his immortal and long - betrothed bride . MRS . BARBAULD . CHAP . IX . THE DEAD ASS . AND this , said he , putting the remains of a crust into his wallet - and ...
... earth , they shall both expire together , and Love be again united to Joy , his immortal and long - betrothed bride . MRS . BARBAULD . CHAP . IX . THE DEAD ASS . AND this , said he , putting the remains of a crust into his wallet - and ...
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