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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... eyes upon herself , then turned them on those that were present , to see how they liked her , and often looked on the figure she made in her own shadow . Upon her nearer approach to Hercules , she stepped before the other lady , who ...
... eyes upon herself , then turned them on those that were present , to see how they liked her , and often looked on the figure she made in her own shadow . Upon her nearer approach to Hercules , she stepped before the other lady , who ...
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... eyes sunk , her forehead contracted into perpetual wrinkles , and her temples were covered with a wreath of cypress and wormwood . From this union sprung a virgin , in whom might be traced a strong resemblance to both her parents ; but ...
... eyes sunk , her forehead contracted into perpetual wrinkles , and her temples were covered with a wreath of cypress and wormwood . From this union sprung a virgin , in whom might be traced a strong resemblance to both her parents ; but ...
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... eye , and bending his head down over it - I think I saw a tear fall upon the place I could not be deceived by what followed . : « I shall find some other way to get it off . » When the Marquis had said this , he returned his sword into ...
... eye , and bending his head down over it - I think I saw a tear fall upon the place I could not be deceived by what followed . : « I shall find some other way to get it off . » When the Marquis had said this , he returned his sword into ...
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... eyes , and saw she was thinking more of her father than of her lover or her little goat ; for as she uttered them , the tears trickled down her cheeks . I sat down close by her , and Maria let me wipe them away as they fell with my ...
... eyes , and saw she was thinking more of her father than of her lover or her little goat ; for as she uttered them , the tears trickled down her cheeks . I sat down close by her , and Maria let me wipe them away as they fell with my ...
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... eye looks for in a woman , that could the traces be ever worn out of her brain , and those of Eliza's out of mine ... eyes , that hardly serv'd at most To guard their master ' gainst a post : Yet round the world the blade has been To ...
... eye looks for in a woman , that could the traces be ever worn out of her brain , and those of Eliza's out of mine ... eyes , that hardly serv'd at most To guard their master ' gainst a post : Yet round the world the blade has been To ...
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