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Twill be recorded for a precedent , And many an error by the same example Will rush into the state . It cannot be . Shyl . SERIOUS REFLEC . OEST . JXTREAT . Fore . X Shyl . A Daniel come to judgment ! Yea 202 LESSON S.
Twill be recorded for a precedent , And many an error by the same example Will rush into the state . It cannot be . Shyl . SERIOUS REFLEC . OEST . JXTREAT . Fore . X Shyl . A Daniel come to judgment ! Yea 202 LESSON S.
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| Pealkiri | The Art of Speaking: Containing, I. An Essay; in which are Given Rules for Expressing Properly the Principal Passions and Humours, ... II. Lessons Taken from the Ancients and Moderns ... Eighteenth century collections online |
| Autor | James Burgh |
| Edition | 7 |
| Publisher | T. Longman, T. Field, C. Dilly, W. Goldsmith, D. Ogilvy and J. Speare, 1792 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 aug. 2006 |
| Length | 373 pages |
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