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THOU happy , happy elf ! ( But stop - first let me kiss away that tear ) --- Thou tiny image of myself ! ( My love , he ' s poking peas into his ear ! ) Thou merry , laughing sprite ! With spirits feather - light , Untouched by sorrow ...
THOU happy , happy elf ! ( But stop - first let me kiss away that tear ) --- Thou tiny image of myself ! ( My love , he ' s poking peas into his ear ! ) Thou merry , laughing sprite ! With spirits feather - light , Untouched by sorrow ...
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If of the Boa species , couldst thou clasp Within thy fold , and suffocate , a whale ? How long art thou ? -Some sixty feet , they say , And more - but how much more they do not know : I fancy thou couldst reach across a bay From head ...
If of the Boa species , couldst thou clasp Within thy fold , and suffocate , a whale ? How long art thou ? -Some sixty feet , they say , And more - but how much more they do not know : I fancy thou couldst reach across a bay From head ...
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What dost thou say , Iago ? Iago . Did Michael Cassio , when you wooed my lady , Know of your love ? Oth . He did , from first to last . Why dost thou ask ? Iago . But for the satisfaction of my thoughts ; No further harm . SHAKSPEARE .
What dost thou say , Iago ? Iago . Did Michael Cassio , when you wooed my lady , Know of your love ? Oth . He did , from first to last . Why dost thou ask ? Iago . But for the satisfaction of my thoughts ; No further harm . SHAKSPEARE .
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| Title | The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
| Author | Warren P. Edgarton |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Mason Brothers, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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