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Page 122
... speak to light heads with heavy words , were to break their necks : to clothe Summer matter , with Winter Rug , would make the Reader sweat . It is music to me , to hear every Ditty speak its spirit in its apt tune : every breast , to ...
... speak to light heads with heavy words , were to break their necks : to clothe Summer matter , with Winter Rug , would make the Reader sweat . It is music to me , to hear every Ditty speak its spirit in its apt tune : every breast , to ...
Page 123
... speak at three thousand miles distance , which every Coward dare do , read , if my heart deceives me not , I would speak thus , in the Presence Chamber or House of Commons ; When Kings are lost , and Subjects cast away , A faithful ...
... speak at three thousand miles distance , which every Coward dare do , read , if my heart deceives me not , I would speak thus , in the Presence Chamber or House of Commons ; When Kings are lost , and Subjects cast away , A faithful ...
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... speak , only be- cause there is occasion to speak ; must speak with modesty , with brevity , to forward or improve the measures proposed , or those which he substi- tutes ; and not to show that he can speak , however ingeniously ...
... speak , only be- cause there is occasion to speak ; must speak with modesty , with brevity , to forward or improve the measures proposed , or those which he substi- tutes ; and not to show that he can speak , however ingeniously ...
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