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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... vice . When speaking in public , one should study to preserve as much dignity as possible in the whole attitude of the body . An erect posture is generally to be chosen : standing firm , so as to have the fullest and freest command of ...
... vice . When speaking in public , one should study to preserve as much dignity as possible in the whole attitude of the body . An erect posture is generally to be chosen : standing firm , so as to have the fullest and freest command of ...
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... vice . Thirdly , from the nature of the Su- preme Being , whose justice , goodness , wisdom , and veracity , are all concerned in this point . But among these and other excellent ar- guments for the immortality of the soul , there is ...
... vice . Thirdly , from the nature of the Su- preme Being , whose justice , goodness , wisdom , and veracity , are all concerned in this point . But among these and other excellent ar- guments for the immortality of the soul , there is ...
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... vice , the argument redoubles upon us , for putting in practice this method of passing away our time . When a man has but a little stock to improve , and has opportunities of turning it all to good account , what shall we think of him ...
... vice , the argument redoubles upon us , for putting in practice this method of passing away our time . When a man has but a little stock to improve , and has opportunities of turning it all to good account , what shall we think of him ...
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... vice after their deaths , by affording lessons of instruction and morality to those they leave behind them . Wherefore I could wish , that , in every parish , several acres were marked out for a new and spacious burying - ground : in ...
... vice after their deaths , by affording lessons of instruction and morality to those they leave behind them . Wherefore I could wish , that , in every parish , several acres were marked out for a new and spacious burying - ground : in ...
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... vice and impenitence , can have no title to that evenness and tranquillity of mind which is the health of the soul , and the natural effect of virtue and inno cence . Cheerfulness in an ill man de- serves a harder name than language can ...
... vice and impenitence , can have no title to that evenness and tranquillity of mind which is the health of the soul , and the natural effect of virtue and inno cence . Cheerfulness in an ill man de- serves a harder name than language can ...
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admire affections agreeable ancient appear Aristotle attention bad company beauty body cerning character Christ Christian Cicero consider death Demosthenes divine duty earth elegance endeavour evil excellent expression father favour genius give grace greatest Greece Greek happiness hath heart heaven Herodotus holy Homer honour human Ibid idolatry Iliad imagination Jesus Jews kind knowledge labour language learned ligion live Livy Lord mankind manner matter means ment mind moral nation nature neral ness never object observe ourselves Pacuvius passions perfect persons Pindar Plato pleasure poetry poets praise principles proper racter reason religion render Roman Sallust Scripture sense sentiments shew sion Socrates soul speak spirit style sublime Tacitus taste temper thee Theocritus thine things thou thought Thucydides tion true truth ture unto vice Virgil virtue whole wisdom wise words writing youth