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 EssaysA. Wilson, 1808 - 346 pagini |
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Pagina 6
... look , what he saith they extol it to the clouds ; but if a poor man speak , they say , what fellow is this ? Many have fallen by the edge of the sword , but not so many as have fallen by the tongue . Well is he that is de- fended from ...
... look , what he saith they extol it to the clouds ; but if a poor man speak , they say , what fellow is this ? Many have fallen by the edge of the sword , but not so many as have fallen by the tongue . Well is he that is de- fended from ...
Pagina 15
... look- ed about him for some time , he entered into a long gallery , where he laid down his wallet , and spread his carpet , in or- der to repose himself upon it after the manner of the eastern nations . He had not been long in this ...
... look- ed about him for some time , he entered into a long gallery , where he laid down his wallet , and spread his carpet , in or- der to repose himself upon it after the manner of the eastern nations . He had not been long in this ...
Pagina 29
... look so perfectly in tune to a feeling heart , that I instantly made a vow , I would give him a four and twenty sous piece when I got to Moulines— -And who is poor Maria ? said I. The love and pity of all the villages around us , said ...
... look so perfectly in tune to a feeling heart , that I instantly made a vow , I would give him a four and twenty sous piece when I got to Moulines— -And who is poor Maria ? said I. The love and pity of all the villages around us , said ...
Pagina 32
... look and last farewell of Maria . Maria , though not tall , was nevertheless of the first order of fine forms - affliction had touched her looks with some- thing that was scarce earthly - still she was feminine : —and so much was there ...
... look and last farewell of Maria . Maria , though not tall , was nevertheless of the first order of fine forms - affliction had touched her looks with some- thing that was scarce earthly - still she was feminine : —and so much was there ...
Pagina 34
... look'd wond'rous wise- " My children , " the chameleon cries , ( Then first the creature found a tongue , ) " You all are right , and all are wrong : " When next you talk of what you view , " Think others see as well as you : " Nor ...
... look'd wond'rous wise- " My children , " the chameleon cries , ( Then first the creature found a tongue , ) " You all are right , and all are wrong : " When next you talk of what you view , " Think others see as well as you : " Nor ...
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