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 Taste |
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Elegy , through the soft and plaintive notes of Bion or Tibullus , melts the soul in pleasing sym- pathy while Pastoral Song , in the artless notes of Theo- critus , or in the sweet melody of the Mantuan pipe , plays gently about the ...
Elegy , through the soft and plaintive notes of Bion or Tibullus , melts the soul in pleasing sym- pathy while Pastoral Song , in the artless notes of Theo- critus , or in the sweet melody of the Mantuan pipe , plays gently about the ...
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To labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . Be in peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one coun- sellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way .
To labour , and to be content with that a man hath , is a sweet life . Be in peace with many ; nevertheless , have but one coun- sellor of a thousand . Be not confident in a plain way .
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Her voice was low and plaintive , but inexpressibly sweet ; and she loved to lie for hours together on the banks of some wild and melancholy stream , singing to her lute . She taught men to weep , for she took a strange delight in tears ...
Her voice was low and plaintive , but inexpressibly sweet ; and she loved to lie for hours together on the banks of some wild and melancholy stream , singing to her lute . She taught men to weep , for she took a strange delight in tears ...
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The softest blush that nature spreads Gave colour to her cheek ; Such orient colour smiles through Heav'n When May's sweet mornings break . Nor let the pride of great ones scorn The charmers of the plains ; That sun which bids their ...
The softest blush that nature spreads Gave colour to her cheek ; Such orient colour smiles through Heav'n When May's sweet mornings break . Nor let the pride of great ones scorn The charmers of the plains ; That sun which bids their ...
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Tis past , " he cried , " but if your souls " Sweet mercy yet can move , " Let these dim eyes once more behold " What they must ever love . " She came ; his cold hand softly touch'd , And CHAP . XV . 39 NARRATIVE PIECES .
Tis past , " he cried , " but if your souls " Sweet mercy yet can move , " Let these dim eyes once more behold " What they must ever love . " She came ; his cold hand softly touch'd , And CHAP . XV . 39 NARRATIVE PIECES .
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| Título | 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 Taste |
| Autor | William Enfield |
| Editora | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 |
| Original de | Universidade do Estado de Ohio |
| Digitalizado | 30 Set 2014 |
| Número de páginas | 346 páginas |
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