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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Page 56
... thou Po : Swift fail'd the Po , and happy breezes blew . In Bifcay's ftormy feas an armed fhip , Of force fuperior , from loud Charente's wave Clapt them on board . The frighted flying crew Their colours ftrike ; when dauntlefs Junio ...
... thou Po : Swift fail'd the Po , and happy breezes blew . In Bifcay's ftormy feas an armed fhip , Of force fuperior , from loud Charente's wave Clapt them on board . The frighted flying crew Their colours ftrike ; when dauntlefs Junio ...
Page 62
... thou vital urn ! " Wait , gushing Life , oh , wait my Love's return ! - " Hoarse barks the wolf , the vulture screams from far ! " The angel , Pity , fhuns the walks of war ! - " Oh , fpare ye war - hounds , spare their tender age ...
... thou vital urn ! " Wait , gushing Life , oh , wait my Love's return ! - " Hoarse barks the wolf , the vulture screams from far ! " The angel , Pity , fhuns the walks of war ! - " Oh , fpare ye war - hounds , spare their tender age ...
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... due credence to what follows next . Awhile they mus'd ; furveying ev'ry face , ' Thou hadft fuppos'd them of fuperior race , Their periwigs of wool , and fears combin'd , Stamp'd Their CHAP . XXIV . NARRATIVE PIECES . 71.
... due credence to what follows next . Awhile they mus'd ; furveying ev'ry face , ' Thou hadft fuppos'd them of fuperior race , Their periwigs of wool , and fears combin'd , Stamp'd Their CHAP . XXIV . NARRATIVE PIECES . 71.
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... Thou none fhalt injure . On a luckless day , Withdrawn to taste the pleasures of the town , Heated with wine , a vehement difpute With a detefted rival shook the roof : He pen'd a challenge , fent it , fought , and fell . ADRIANO . BOOK ...
... Thou none fhalt injure . On a luckless day , Withdrawn to taste the pleasures of the town , Heated with wine , a vehement difpute With a detefted rival shook the roof : He pen'd a challenge , fent it , fought , and fell . ADRIANO . BOOK ...
Page 100
... thou vieweft him in that light too , and reckoneft upon his friends , his family , his kindred and allies , and mufterest up with them the many recruits which will lift under him from a fenfe a fense of common danger ; ' tis no ...
... thou vieweft him in that light too , and reckoneft upon his friends , his family , his kindred and allies , and mufterest up with them the many recruits which will lift under him from a fenfe a fense of common danger ; ' tis no ...
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