Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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Page 70
... tell us the story of a famous siege in Germany , which I have since found related in my historical dictiona ry ; after the following manner . When the emperor Con- rad III . had besieged Guelphus , Duke of Bavaria , in the city of ...
... tell us the story of a famous siege in Germany , which I have since found related in my historical dictiona ry ; after the following manner . When the emperor Con- rad III . had besieged Guelphus , Duke of Bavaria , in the city of ...
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... tell us , that our discontent only hurts ourselves , without being able to make any alteration in our circum- stances ; others , that whatever evil befalls us is derived to us by a fatal necessity , to which the gods themselves are ...
... tell us , that our discontent only hurts ourselves , without being able to make any alteration in our circum- stances ; others , that whatever evil befalls us is derived to us by a fatal necessity , to which the gods themselves are ...
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... tells this poor insect she is a goddess , that her eyes are brighter than the sun , that life and death are at her disposal . She believes him , and gives herself a thousand little airs upon it . Mark the vanity of the pismire on your ...
... tells this poor insect she is a goddess , that her eyes are brighter than the sun , that life and death are at her disposal . She believes him , and gives herself a thousand little airs upon it . Mark the vanity of the pismire on your ...
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... Was it this , or tell me , Nature , what else was it that made this morsel so sweet -- and to what magic I owe it that the draught I took of their flaggen was so delicious SECT . II . ] 103 IN READING . The supper grace, Sterne,
... Was it this , or tell me , Nature , what else was it that made this morsel so sweet -- and to what magic I owe it that the draught I took of their flaggen was so delicious SECT . II . ] 103 IN READING . The supper grace, Sterne,
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... tells you that he took physic yesterday ; and desires to know what day of mouth it is . If you have patience to hear him he will inform you what festivals are kept in August , what in October , and what in December . When you see such a ...
... tells you that he took physic yesterday ; and desires to know what day of mouth it is . If you have patience to hear him he will inform you what festivals are kept in August , what in October , and what in December . When you see such a ...
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