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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... and blind Maeonides ; And Tiresias , and Phineus , prophets old : Then feed on thoughts , that voluntary move Harmonious numbers - as the wakeful bird Sings darkling , and in shadiest covert hid , Tunes her nocturnal note .
... and blind Maeonides ; And Tiresias , and Phineus , prophets old : Then feed on thoughts , that voluntary move Harmonious numbers - as the wakeful bird Sings darkling , and in shadiest covert hid , Tunes her nocturnal note .
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| Título | Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
| Autor | William Scott |
| Compilado por | William Scott |
| Editor | Hori Brown, 1820 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 17 Mayo 2007 |
| Largo | 407 páginas |
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