Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons ; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryJ. Johnson, 1808 - 1120 pages An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... advantage . But still , an uniformity of English books , in schools , was a desideratum . It was desirable that all the students of the same class , provided with copies of the same book , containing the proper variety , might be en ...
... advantage . But still , an uniformity of English books , in schools , was a desideratum . It was desirable that all the students of the same class , provided with copies of the same book , containing the proper variety , might be en ...
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... advantage of securing permanent esteem , though they may lose the eclat of temporary applause . They carry with them to the closet their own recommendation . And as this volume confidently claims the charac- ter of good and valuable ...
... advantage of securing permanent esteem , though they may lose the eclat of temporary applause . They carry with them to the closet their own recommendation . And as this volume confidently claims the charac- ter of good and valuable ...
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... advantage above that made by words , that it is the language of nature . It is that method of interpreting our mind , which nature has dictated to all , and , which is understood by all ; whereas words are only arbitrary , conventional ...
... advantage above that made by words , that it is the language of nature . It is that method of interpreting our mind , which nature has dictated to all , and , which is understood by all ; whereas words are only arbitrary , conventional ...
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... . number of orators who stand in the high- est class is , perhaps , smaller than the number of poets who are foremost in poetic fame ; but the study of oratory- The has has this advantage above that of poetry , that , xiv INTRODUCTION .
... . number of orators who stand in the high- est class is , perhaps , smaller than the number of poets who are foremost in poetic fame ; but the study of oratory- The has has this advantage above that of poetry , that , xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... advantage above that of poetry , that , in poetry , one must be an eminent- ly good performer , or he is not support able ; Mediocribus esse poëtis Non homines , non Di , non concessêre coluume * . In eloquence this does not hold ...
... advantage above that of poetry , that , in poetry , one must be an eminent- ly good performer , or he is not support able ; Mediocribus esse poëtis Non homines , non Di , non concessêre coluume * . In eloquence this does not hold ...
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