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 are Prefixed Two Essays, I. On Elocution, II. On Reading Works of TasteF.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - 346 páginas |
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... side with one in his youth , and revolt to the other in his old age . Indeed the wise men of the world stood neu- ter ; but , alas ! their numbers were not considerable . length , when the tw potentates had wearied themselves with ...
... side with one in his youth , and revolt to the other in his old age . Indeed the wise men of the world stood neu- ter ; but , alas ! their numbers were not considerable . length , when the tw potentates had wearied themselves with ...
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... side . For this reason we now find Luxury and Avarice taking possession of the same heart , and dividing the same person between them . To which I shall only add , that since the discarding of the counsellors above mentioned , Avarice ...
... side . For this reason we now find Luxury and Avarice taking possession of the same heart , and dividing the same person between them . To which I shall only add , that since the discarding of the counsellors above mentioned , Avarice ...
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... side of a hill , at a great distance from town . They were totally unacquainted with the great , and kept no better company than the neighbouring villagers : but having a desire of seeing the world , they forsook their companions and ...
... side of a hill , at a great distance from town . They were totally unacquainted with the great , and kept no better company than the neighbouring villagers : but having a desire of seeing the world , they forsook their companions and ...
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... side of him . Why , sirrah ! cries a second man to the boy , is it fit for you to be riding , while your poor old father is walking on foot ? The father , upon this rebuke , took down his boy from the ass , and mounted himself . Do you ...
... side of him . Why , sirrah ! cries a second man to the boy , is it fit for you to be riding , while your poor old father is walking on foot ? The father , upon this rebuke , took down his boy from the ass , and mounted himself . Do you ...
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... side , which he took up from time to time - then laid them down - looked at them , and shook his head . He then took his crust of bread out of his wallet again , as if to eat it ; held it some time in his hand — then laid it upon the ...
... side , which he took up from time to time - then laid them down - looked at them , and shook his head . He then took his crust of bread out of his wallet again , as if to eat it ; held it some time in his hand — then laid it upon the ...
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