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. To which is Prefixed an Essay on Elocution. By W. Enfield, ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - 405 pages |
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... by Hunger , Industry , Care , and Watchful- nefs : he had likewife a privy - counsellor who was always at his his elbow , and whispering fomething or other in his CHAP . III . ) 27 NARRATIVE PIECES . ibid Avarice and Luxury.
... by Hunger , Industry , Care , and Watchful- nefs : he had likewife a privy - counsellor who was always at his his elbow , and whispering fomething or other in his CHAP . III . ) 27 NARRATIVE PIECES . ibid Avarice and Luxury.
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... fomething or other in his ear ; the name of his privy counsellor was Poverty . As Avarice con- ducted himself by the counfels of Poverty , his antagonist was entirely guided by the dictates and advice of Plenty , who was his first ...
... fomething or other in his ear ; the name of his privy counsellor was Poverty . As Avarice con- ducted himself by the counfels of Poverty , his antagonist was entirely guided by the dictates and advice of Plenty , who was his first ...
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... fomething.- STERNE . .- СНАР . Х. THE SWORD . WHEN ftates and empires have their periods of de- clenfion and feel in their turns what diftrefs and poverty is I ftop not to tell the caufes which gradually brought the houfe d'E *** , in ...
... fomething.- STERNE . .- СНАР . Х. THE SWORD . WHEN ftates and empires have their periods of de- clenfion and feel in their turns what diftrefs and poverty is I ftop not to tell the caufes which gradually brought the houfe d'E *** , in ...
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... fome- thing in his face above his condition , and should have fifted out his history , had not poor Maria taken such full poffef- fion of me . We had got up by this time almoft to the bank where Maria was fitting : fhe was in a thin ...
... fome- thing in his face above his condition , and should have fifted out his history , had not poor Maria taken such full poffef- fion of me . We had got up by this time almoft to the bank where Maria was fitting : fhe was in a thin ...
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... fomething that was fcarce earthly - ftill she was feminine : - and so much was there about her of all that the heart wishes , or the eye looks for in woman , that could the traces be ever worn out of her brain , and thofe of Eliza's out ...
... fomething that was fcarce earthly - ftill she was feminine : - and so much was there about her of all that the heart wishes , or the eye looks for in woman , that could the traces be ever worn out of her brain , and thofe of Eliza's out ...
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affurance againſt army Balaam becauſe beſt bofom breaft Brutus Cæfar cauſe CHAP confider dæmons defire eternal fafe faid fame father fecure feems fenfe ferve fervice fhall fhew fide fince firft firſt fmile fome fomething fool foon foul fpeaking ftate ftill fubject fuch fure happineſs happy hath heart Heav'n himſelf honour houſe intereft itſelf juft juſt king laft laſt lefs lord meaſures mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never o'er obferve occafion ourſelves paffion pafs pain perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffible poor pow'r praiſe prefent raiſe reaſon reft rife ſay Scythians ſee ſhall ſhe ſhould SIR JOHN ſmall ſpeak ſpirit ſpreads ſtand ſtate ſtep STERL ſtill ſuch Syphax tears thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro uncle Toby uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom yourſelf youth