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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... sweet , I prattle out of fashion , and I dote In mine own comforts . " LOVE . " LINES WRITTEN IN A HIGHLAND GLEN . - Wilson . Oh ! that this lovely vale were mine ! Then , from glad youth to calm decline , My years would gently glide ...
... sweet , I prattle out of fashion , and I dote In mine own comforts . " LOVE . " LINES WRITTEN IN A HIGHLAND GLEN . - Wilson . Oh ! that this lovely vale were mine ! Then , from glad youth to calm decline , My years would gently glide ...
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... sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest . 11. He carves with classic chisel the Corinthian capital that crowns the column . 12. Now on his couch he shrunk and shivered . 13. Morn that now meet'st the orient sun , now fly'st . 14 ...
... sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest . 11. He carves with classic chisel the Corinthian capital that crowns the column . 12. Now on his couch he shrunk and shivered . 13. Morn that now meet'st the orient sun , now fly'st . 14 ...
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... sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest . 11. He carves with classic chisel the Corinthian capital that crowns the column . 12. Now on his couch he shrunk and shivered . 13. Morn that now meet'st the orient sun , now fly'st . 14 ...
... sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest . 11. He carves with classic chisel the Corinthian capital that crowns the column . 12. Now on his couch he shrunk and shivered . 13. Morn that now meet'st the orient sun , now fly'st . 14 ...
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... sweet soother of my care ! Struck with sad anguish at the stern decree , Fell , lingering fell , a victim to ' despair ; And left the world to wretchedness and me . Pity the sorrows of a poor old man , Whose trembling limbs have borne ...
... sweet soother of my care ! Struck with sad anguish at the stern decree , Fell , lingering fell , a victim to ' despair ; And left the world to wretchedness and me . Pity the sorrows of a poor old man , Whose trembling limbs have borne ...
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... sweet , I prattle out of fashion , and I dote In mine own comforts . - Othello . 21. " BITTER DENUNCIATION . " [ Explosive Utterance , Guttural , Low Key . ] Thou den of Drunkards with the blood of princes ! Gehenna of the waters ! thou ...
... sweet , I prattle out of fashion , and I dote In mine own comforts . - Othello . 21. " BITTER DENUNCIATION . " [ Explosive Utterance , Guttural , Low Key . ] Thou den of Drunkards with the blood of princes ! Gehenna of the waters ! thou ...
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