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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... winds , and doth belie All corners of the world . Kings , queens , and states , Maids , matrons , nay the secrets of the grave , This viperous slander enters . There is a tide in the affairs of men , Which taken at the flood leads on to ...
... winds , and doth belie All corners of the world . Kings , queens , and states , Maids , matrons , nay the secrets of the grave , This viperous slander enters . There is a tide in the affairs of men , Which taken at the flood leads on to ...
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... without shoes : how she had borne it , and how she had got supported , she could not tell - but God tempers the wind , said Maria , to the shorn lamb . Shorn indeed ! and to the quick , said I CHAP . XI . 31 NARRATIVE PIECES .
... without shoes : how she had borne it , and how she had got supported , she could not tell - but God tempers the wind , said Maria , to the shorn lamb . Shorn indeed ! and to the quick , said I CHAP . XI . 31 NARRATIVE PIECES .
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... wind , The lightnings flash a larger curve , and more ' The noise astounds ; till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts , And opens wider ; shuts and opens still Expansive , wrapping æther in a blaze : Follows the ...
... wind , The lightnings flash a larger curve , and more ' The noise astounds ; till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts , And opens wider ; shuts and opens still Expansive , wrapping æther in a blaze : Follows the ...
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... wind , of late breath'd gently forth , Now shifted east and east by north ; Bare trees and shrubs but ill , you know , Could shelter them from rain or snow ; Stepping into their nests , they paddled , Themselves were chill'd , their ...
... wind , of late breath'd gently forth , Now shifted east and east by north ; Bare trees and shrubs but ill , you know , Could shelter them from rain or snow ; Stepping into their nests , they paddled , Themselves were chill'd , their ...
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... winds for ages pent " In earth's dark womb have found at last a vent , " And from their prisonhouse below arise " With all these hideous howlings to the skies , “ I could be much compos'd , nor should appear " For such a cause to feel ...
... winds for ages pent " In earth's dark womb have found at last a vent , " And from their prisonhouse below arise " With all these hideous howlings to the skies , “ I could be much compos'd , nor should appear " For such a cause to feel ...
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