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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... - His sword was given him , and the moment he got it into his hand he drew it almoft out of the scabbard — it was the fhinning face of a C 6 friend friend he had once given up . He looked attentively CHAP . X. NARRATIVE PIECES . 35.
... - His sword was given him , and the moment he got it into his hand he drew it almoft out of the scabbard — it was the fhinning face of a C 6 friend friend he had once given up . He looked attentively CHAP . X. NARRATIVE PIECES . 35.
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... hand , but plays that fervice upon it almost night and day . THE poftillion delivered this with so much discretion and natural eloquence , that I could not help decyphering fome- thing in his face above his condition , and fhould have ...
... hand , but plays that fervice upon it almost night and day . THE poftillion delivered this with so much discretion and natural eloquence , that I could not help decyphering fome- thing in his face above his condition , and fhould have ...
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... hand - a small brook run at the foot of the tree . I BADE the poftillion go on with the chaife to Moulines -and La Fleur to bespeak my supper - and that I would walk after him SHE SHE wasdreffed in white , and much as my friend 38 ...
... hand - a small brook run at the foot of the tree . I BADE the poftillion go on with the chaife to Moulines -and La Fleur to bespeak my supper - and that I would walk after him SHE SHE wasdreffed in white , and much as my friend 38 ...
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... hand foftly touch'd , And bath'd with many a tear ; Firft falling o'er the primrose pale So morning dews appear . But oh ! his fifter's jealous care ( A cruel fifter fhe ! ) Forbad what EMMA came to fay , My EDWIN , live for me . Now ...
... hand foftly touch'd , And bath'd with many a tear ; Firft falling o'er the primrose pale So morning dews appear . But oh ! his fifter's jealous care ( A cruel fifter fhe ! ) Forbad what EMMA came to fay , My EDWIN , live for me . Now ...
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... hand . And shall not Hymen light his brightest torch For this delighted pair ? Ah , Junio knew His fire detefted his Theana's house ! - Thus duty , reverence , gratitude , confpir'd To check their happy union . He refolv'd ( And many a ...
... hand . And shall not Hymen light his brightest torch For this delighted pair ? Ah , Junio knew His fire detefted his Theana's house ! - Thus duty , reverence , gratitude , confpir'd To check their happy union . He refolv'd ( And many a ...
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