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 |
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... with an artificial white and red ; and endeavoured to appear more graceful than ordinary in her mien , by a mixture of afc & atio C 2 affectation in all her geftures . She had a wonderful CHAP . VII . NARRATIVE PIECES . 27.
... with an artificial white and red ; and endeavoured to appear more graceful than ordinary in her mien , by a mixture of afc & atio C 2 affectation in all her geftures . She had a wonderful CHAP . VII . NARRATIVE PIECES . 27.
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... She had a wonderful confi- dence and affurance in her looks , and all the variety of co- lours in her dress , that she thought were the most proper to fhew her complexion to advantage . She caft her eyes upon herself , then turned them ...
... She had a wonderful confi- dence and affurance in her looks , and all the variety of co- lours in her dress , that she thought were the most proper to fhew her complexion to advantage . She caft her eyes upon herself , then turned them ...
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... she was born , and while she was yet an infant , a dove pursued by a hawk flew into her bofom . This nymph had a dejected appear- ance , but fo foft and gentle a mien that she was beloved to a degree of enthusiasm . Her voice was low ...
... she was born , and while she was yet an infant , a dove pursued by a hawk flew into her bofom . This nymph had a dejected appear- ance , but fo foft and gentle a mien that she was beloved to a degree of enthusiasm . Her voice was low ...
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... she had broken . She follows with her hair loofe , her bofom bare , and throb- bing , her garments torn by the briers , and her feet bleed- ing with the roughness of the path . The nymph is mor- tal , for her mother is fo ; and when fhe ...
... she had broken . She follows with her hair loofe , her bofom bare , and throb- bing , her garments torn by the briers , and her feet bleed- ing with the roughness of the path . The nymph is mor- tal , for her mother is fo ; and when fhe ...
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... she has been unfettled in her mind , it seems her only confolation - she has never once had the pipe out of her hand , but plays that fervice upon it almost night and day . THE poftillion delivered this with so much discretion and ...
... she has been unfettled in her mind , it seems her only confolation - she has never once had the pipe out of her hand , but plays that fervice upon it almost night and day . THE poftillion delivered this with so much discretion and ...
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