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He may defend his own rights ; affift an injured friend ; prosecute and punish a
villain ; I say his prudence and friendship , his public fpirit and calm resolution will
enable him to do all this , and to do it in a much more safe , proper , and effectual
...
He may defend his own rights ; affift an injured friend ; prosecute and punish a
villain ; I say his prudence and friendship , his public fpirit and calm resolution will
enable him to do all this , and to do it in a much more safe , proper , and effectual
...
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Do not say that we exhort you to attempt that which is impoffible . Nature has put it
in our power to refift the motions of anger . We only plead inability , when we want
an excuse for our own negligence . Was a passionate man to forfeit a hundred ...
Do not say that we exhort you to attempt that which is impoffible . Nature has put it
in our power to refift the motions of anger . We only plead inability , when we want
an excuse for our own negligence . Was a passionate man to forfeit a hundred ...
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When could they say , till now , that talk'd of Rome , 1 That her wide walls
encompass ” d but one man ? Oh ! you and I have heard our fathers say There
was a Brutus , one that would have brook'd Th ' eternal devil , to keep his state in
Rome ...
When could they say , till now , that talk'd of Rome , 1 That her wide walls
encompass ” d but one man ? Oh ! you and I have heard our fathers say There
was a Brutus , one that would have brook'd Th ' eternal devil , to keep his state in
Rome ...
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No wonder you are deaf to all I say . JUB . Syphax , your zeal becomes
importunate ; I've hitherto permitted it to rave , And talk at large ; but learn to keep
it in , Left it should take more freedom than I'll give it . Syph . Sir , your great father
never ...
No wonder you are deaf to all I say . JUB . Syphax , your zeal becomes
importunate ; I've hitherto permitted it to rave , And talk at large ; but learn to keep
it in , Left it should take more freedom than I'll give it . Syph . Sir , your great father
never ...
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... though yourself had ne'er been born , Glen . I say , the earth did shake when I
was born . Hor . I say , the earth then was not of my mind ; If you suppose , as
fearing you , it shook . Glen . The heav'ns were all on fire , the earth did tremble .
... though yourself had ne'er been born , Glen . I say , the earth did shake when I
was born . Hor . I say , the earth then was not of my mind ; If you suppose , as
fearing you , it shook . Glen . The heav'ns were all on fire , the earth did tremble .
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Informação bibliográfica
| 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 |
| Autor | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Editora | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original de | Universidade de Indiana |
| Digitalizado | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Número de páginas | 436 páginas |
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