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 ElocutionSimms&McIntyre, 1811 - 644 pages |
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Page 178
... STERLING . STERL . WHAT are your commands with me , Sir John ? SIR JOHN . After having carried the negotiation between our families to so great a length , after hav- ing assented so readily to all your proposals , as well as received so ...
... STERLING . STERL . WHAT are your commands with me , Sir John ? SIR JOHN . After having carried the negotiation between our families to so great a length , after hav- ing assented so readily to all your proposals , as well as received so ...
Page 179
... Sterling will , no doubt , recommend her to a person of equal , if not superior rank to myself , and our families may still be allied by my union with Niss Fanny . STERL . Mighty fine , truly ? Why , what the plague do you make of us ...
... Sterling will , no doubt , recommend her to a person of equal , if not superior rank to myself , and our families may still be allied by my union with Niss Fanny . STERL . Mighty fine , truly ? Why , what the plague do you make of us ...
Page 180
... STERL Well ! SIR JOHN . Now if you will but consent to my waving that marriage- STERL . I agree to your waving that marriage ? Impossible , Sir John ! SIR JOHN . I hope not , Sir ; as , on my part , I will agree to wave my right to ...
... STERL Well ! SIR JOHN . Now if you will but consent to my waving that marriage- STERL . I agree to your waving that marriage ? Impossible , Sir John ! SIR JOHN . I hope not , Sir ; as , on my part , I will agree to wave my right to ...
Page 181
... STERL . True , true ; and since you only transfer from one girl to the other , it is no more that trans- ferring so much stock , you know , Sia JOHN . The very thing .. We are STERL . Odso ! I had quite forgot .. reckoning without our ...
... STERL . True , true ; and since you only transfer from one girl to the other , it is no more that trans- ferring so much stock , you know , Sia JOHN . The very thing .. We are STERL . Odso ! I had quite forgot .. reckoning without our ...
Page 182
... STERL . I do . SIR JOHN . Ten thousand thanks for it ! and now success attend me ! STERL Harkee , Sir John ! -Not a word of the thirty thousand to my sister , Sir John . SIR JOHN . Oh , I am dumb , I am dumb , Sir . STERL . You remember ...
... STERL . I do . SIR JOHN . Ten thousand thanks for it ! and now success attend me ! STERL Harkee , Sir John ! -Not a word of the thirty thousand to my sister , Sir John . SIR JOHN . Oh , I am dumb , I am dumb , Sir . STERL . You remember ...
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