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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... fathers of families , a patron and protector of servants , an associate in all true and generous friendships . The banquets of my votaries are never costly , but always delicious ; for none eat or drink at them who are not invited by ...
... fathers of families , a patron and protector of servants , an associate in all true and generous friendships . The banquets of my votaries are never costly , but always delicious ; for none eat or drink at them who are not invited by ...
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... father , that her countenance , though mournful , was highly pleasing . The maids and shepherds of the neighbouring plains gathered round , and called her Pity . A red - breast was pbserved to build in the cabin where she was børn ; and ...
... father , that her countenance , though mournful , was highly pleasing . The maids and shepherds of the neighbouring plains gathered round , and called her Pity . A red - breast was pbserved to build in the cabin where she was børn ; and ...
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... father's myr- tles , twisted with her mother's cypress . One day , as she sat musing by the waters of Helicon , her tears by chance fell into the foun- tain , and ever since the Muses ' spring has re- tained a strong taste of the ...
... father's myr- tles , twisted with her mother's cypress . One day , as she sat musing by the waters of Helicon , her tears by chance fell into the foun- tain , and ever since the Muses ' spring has re- tained a strong taste of the ...
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... 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 hanker- chief . I then steeped it in my own ...
... 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 hanker- chief . I then steeped it in my own ...
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... Father in the deep ; Then full against his Cornish lands they roar , And two rich shipwrecks bless the lucky shore . Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : « Live like yourself ...
... Father in the deep ; Then full against his Cornish lands they roar , And two rich shipwrecks bless the lucky shore . Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : « Live like yourself ...
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Common terms and phrases
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