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 William Enfield ... A New Edition, Corrected ... |
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Page xii
... foldier , when he gives the word of command ; the watchman , when he announces the hour of the night ; the fovereign , when he iffues his edict ; the fenator , when he harangues ; the lover , when he whifpers his tender tale ; do not ...
... foldier , when he gives the word of command ; the watchman , when he announces the hour of the night ; the fovereign , when he iffues his edict ; the fenator , when he harangues ; the lover , when he whifpers his tender tale ; do not ...
Page 159
... foldier dares offer to dispute the orders of his fupreme commander ; he must not confult his own inclinations : if an officer were commanded to pull his own father out of this houfe , he muft do it ; he dares not disobey ; immediate ...
... foldier dares offer to dispute the orders of his fupreme commander ; he must not confult his own inclinations : if an officer were commanded to pull his own father out of this houfe , he muft do it ; he dares not disobey ; immediate ...
Page 230
... foldier was the theme , my name Was not far off : then was I as a tree , Whofe boughs did bend with fruit . But , in one night , A ftorm , or robbery , call it what you will , Shook down my mellow hangings , nay , my leaves ; And left ...
... foldier was the theme , my name Was not far off : then was I as a tree , Whofe boughs did bend with fruit . But , in one night , A ftorm , or robbery , call it what you will , Shook down my mellow hangings , nay , my leaves ; And left ...
Page 238
... foldier , kindly bade to stay , - Sate by his fire , and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds , or tales of forrow done , Shoulder'd his crutch , and fhew'd how fields were won . Pleas'd with his guests , the good man learn'd to ...
... foldier , kindly bade to stay , - Sate by his fire , and talk'd the night away ; Wept o'er his wounds , or tales of forrow done , Shoulder'd his crutch , and fhew'd how fields were won . Pleas'd with his guests , the good man learn'd to ...
Page 284
... foldier , Full of ftrange oaths , and bearded like the pard , Jealous in honour , fudden and quick in quarrel ; Seeking the bubble reputation age fhifts Even in the cannon's mouth . And then the juftice , In fair round belly , with good ...
... foldier , Full of ftrange oaths , and bearded like the pard , Jealous in honour , fudden and quick in quarrel ; Seeking the bubble reputation age fhifts Even in the cannon's mouth . And then the juftice , In fair round belly , with good ...
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