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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Well then , at once to ease the doubt , ” Replies the inan , “ I'll turn liim out : “ And
when before your eyes I've set hinn , “ If you don't find him black , I'll eat him . " He
said ; then full before their sight Produc'd the beast , and lo ! -- ' twas white .
Well then , at once to ease the doubt , ” Replies the inan , “ I'll turn liim out : “ And
when before your eyes I've set hinn , “ If you don't find him black , I'll eat him . " He
said ; then full before their sight Produc'd the beast , and lo ! -- ' twas white .
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The prince went to Rome to defend his father , but coming into the senate , and
hearing a multitude of crimes proved upon him , was so oppressed when it came
to his turn to speak , that he was unable to utter a word . The story tells us , that ...
The prince went to Rome to defend his father , but coming into the senate , and
hearing a multitude of crimes proved upon him , was so oppressed when it came
to his turn to speak , that he was unable to utter a word . The story tells us , that ...
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Brú . Cassius , Be not deceiv'd : if I have veil'd my luok , I turn the trouble of my
countenance Merely upon myself . Vexed I am Of late with passions of some
difference , Conceptions only proper to myself , Which give some soil perhaps to
my ...
Brú . Cassius , Be not deceiv'd : if I have veil'd my luok , I turn the trouble of my
countenance Merely upon myself . Vexed I am Of late with passions of some
difference , Conceptions only proper to myself , Which give some soil perhaps to
my ...
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... and ever - springing shade ) Turn , hither turn thy step , Othou , whose pow'rful
voice , More sweet than softest touch of Doric reed , Or Lydian flute , can sooth
the madding winds , And through the stormy deep Breathe thy own tender calm .
... and ever - springing shade ) Turn , hither turn thy step , Othou , whose pow'rful
voice , More sweet than softest touch of Doric reed , Or Lydian flute , can sooth
the madding winds , And through the stormy deep Breathe thy own tender calm .
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Who but rather turns : To Heav'n's broad fire his unconstrained view , Than to the
glimm'ring of a waxen flame ! ... rolling his bright wave Through mountains ,
plains , through empires black with shade , And continents of sand , will turn his
gaze ...
Who but rather turns : To Heav'n's broad fire his unconstrained view , Than to the
glimm'ring of a waxen flame ! ... rolling his bright wave Through mountains ,
plains , through empires black with shade , And continents of sand , will turn his
gaze ...
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