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 pages |
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... father with thy whole heart , and forget not the sorrows of thy mother ; how canst thou recompense them the things they have done for thee ? There is nothing so much worth as a mind well in- structed . The lips of talkers will be ...
... father with thy whole heart , and forget not the sorrows of thy mother ; how canst thou recompense them the things they have done for thee ? There is nothing so much worth as a mind well in- structed . The lips of talkers will be ...
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... dervise , was the last person that lodged here ? The king replied , his father . And who is it , says the dervise , that lodges here at present ? The king told him , that it was he himself . And who , says the dervise , will [ 15 ]
... dervise , was the last person that lodged here ? The king replied , his father . And who is it , says the dervise , that lodges here at present ? The king told him , that it was he himself . And who , says the dervise , will [ 15 ]
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... father of the son said to the father of the daughter , in my hearing , brother , I con- sent to this marriage , provided you will settle upón your daughter fifty ruined villages for her portion . To which the father of the daughter ...
... father of the son said to the father of the daughter , in my hearing , brother , I con- sent to this marriage , provided you will settle upón your daughter fifty ruined villages for her portion . To which the father of the daughter ...
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... father of a family would often range himself under the banners of Avarice , and the son under those of Luxury . The wife and husband would often declare themselves of the two different parties ; nay , the same person would very often ...
... father of a family would often range himself under the banners of Avarice , and the son under those of Luxury . The wife and husband would often declare themselves of the two different parties ; nay , the same person would very often ...
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... father is walking on foot ? The father , upon this rebuke , took down his boy from the ass , and mounted himself . Do you see , says a third , how the lazy old knave rides along upon his beast , while his poor little boy is almost ...
... father is walking on foot ? The father , upon this rebuke , took down his boy from the ass , and mounted himself . Do you see , says a third , how the lazy old knave rides along upon his beast , while his poor little boy is almost ...
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