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 is Prefixed an Essay on ElocutionSimms&McIntyre, 1811 - 644 pages |
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... Th ' enchanting hope , and sympathetic glow , Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; Supremely Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd pow'r Of giving joy 46 BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES . Thomson,
... Th ' enchanting hope , and sympathetic glow , Beam'd from the mutual eye . Devoting all To love , each was to each a dearer self ; Supremely Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd pow'r Of giving joy 46 BOOK II . NARRATIVE PIECES . Thomson,
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William Enfield. Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd pow'r Of giving joy . Alone , amid the shades , Still in harmonious intercourse they liv'd The rural day , and talked the flowing heart , Or sigh'd , and look'd unutterable things . So ...
William Enfield. Supremely happy in th ' awaken'd pow'r Of giving joy . Alone , amid the shades , Still in harmonious intercourse they liv'd The rural day , and talked the flowing heart , Or sigh'd , and look'd unutterable things . So ...
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... Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All Nature is but Art , unknown to thee ; All Chance , Direction , which thou canst not see ; All Discord , Harmony not understood ; All partial Evil , universal Good : And , spite of Pride ...
... Pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All Nature is but Art , unknown to thee ; All Chance , Direction , which thou canst not see ; All Discord , Harmony not understood ; All partial Evil , universal Good : And , spite of Pride ...
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... pow'r , ambition , lucre , lust : The same Self - love , in all , becomes the cause Of what restrains him , Government and Laws . For , what one likes , if others like as well , What serves one will , when many wills rebel ? How shall ...
... pow'r , ambition , lucre , lust : The same Self - love , in all , becomes the cause Of what restrains him , Government and Laws . For , what one likes , if others like as well , What serves one will , when many wills rebel ? How shall ...
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... Pow'r's due use to People and to Kings , Taught nor to slack , nor strain its tender strings , ' The less , or greater , set so justly true , " That touching one must strike the other too ; Till jarring int'rests , of themselves create ...
... Pow'r's due use to People and to Kings , Taught nor to slack , nor strain its tender strings , ' The less , or greater , set so justly true , " That touching one must strike the other too ; Till jarring int'rests , of themselves create ...
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