Wiley's Elocution and Oratory: Giving a Thorough Treatise on the Art of Reading and Speaking. Containing Numerous and Choice Selections of Didactic, Humorous, and Dramatic Styles, from the Most Celebrated Authors ... |
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Page 88
... bosom clear ; Who can tread ambition down , Nor be swayed by smile or frown ; 2. Nor for all the treasure cares , That mine conceals , or harvest wears , Or that golden sands deliver , Bosomed in a glassy river . What shall move his ...
... bosom clear ; Who can tread ambition down , Nor be swayed by smile or frown ; 2. Nor for all the treasure cares , That mine conceals , or harvest wears , Or that golden sands deliver , Bosomed in a glassy river . What shall move his ...
Page 90
... bosom of the earth . Let's choose executors and talk of wills : And yet not so for what can we bequeath , Save our depos - ed bodies to the ground ? Our lands , our lives , and all are Bolingbroke's , And nothing can we call our own ...
... bosom of the earth . Let's choose executors and talk of wills : And yet not so for what can we bequeath , Save our depos - ed bodies to the ground ? Our lands , our lives , and all are Bolingbroke's , And nothing can we call our own ...
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... bosom ! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world , - it is the charity of its silence ! Let no man write my epitaph : for , as no man , who knows my motives , dare now vindicate them , let not prejudice or ignorance ...
... bosom ! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world , - it is the charity of its silence ! Let no man write my epitaph : for , as no man , who knows my motives , dare now vindicate them , let not prejudice or ignorance ...
Page 122
... bosom of the ' everlasting hills ' like a huge well , scooped out by the hands of the giant genii of the mountain in unknown ages gone by , and around it the primeval forest watch and ward are keeping . The visiting 122 WILEY'S ...
... bosom of the ' everlasting hills ' like a huge well , scooped out by the hands of the giant genii of the mountain in unknown ages gone by , and around it the primeval forest watch and ward are keeping . The visiting 122 WILEY'S ...
Page 125
... bosom burns , - For him on high the widow's prayer shall go , - For him the orphan's pearly tear - drop flow . His boon , the richest e'er to mortals given , - Approving conscience , and the smile of Heaven ! From GRIFFITH'S Elecution ...
... bosom burns , - For him on high the widow's prayer shall go , - For him the orphan's pearly tear - drop flow . His boon , the richest e'er to mortals given , - Approving conscience , and the smile of Heaven ! From GRIFFITH'S Elecution ...
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