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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... virtue . No kind of language is so generally understood , and so powerfully felt , as the native language of worthy ... virtues , as public spirit and zeal for their country , than for eloquence . Beyond doubt , to these vir- tues their ...
... virtue . No kind of language is so generally understood , and so powerfully felt , as the native language of worthy ... virtues , as public spirit and zeal for their country , than for eloquence . Beyond doubt , to these vir- tues their ...
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... Virtue 9 On the Immortality of the Soul 10 Duty of Children to their Parents 11 Strength of Parental Affection 12 Remarks on the Swiftness of Time 13 Folly of mis - spending Time 14 Importance of Time Pag , i . Authors . Pag . Blair ...
... Virtue 9 On the Immortality of the Soul 10 Duty of Children to their Parents 11 Strength of Parental Affection 12 Remarks on the Swiftness of Time 13 Folly of mis - spending Time 14 Importance of Time Pag , i . Authors . Pag . Blair ...
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... virtue makes us miserable in this life ; but if we suppose ( as it gene- rally happens ) that virtue will make us more happy , even in this life , than a con- trary course of vice ; how can we suffici- ently admire the stupidity or ...
... virtue makes us miserable in this life ; but if we suppose ( as it gene- rally happens ) that virtue will make us more happy , even in this life , than a con- trary course of vice ; how can we suffici- ently admire the stupidity or ...
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... virtue , and come up to the perfection of his nature , before he is hurried off the stage . Would an infinitely wise being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelli ...
... virtue , and come up to the perfection of his nature , before he is hurried off the stage . Would an infinitely wise being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelli ...
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... virtue that may find employment for those retired hours in which we are altogether left to ourselves , and destitute of company and conversation ; I mean that intercourse and communication which every reasonable creature ought to ...
... virtue that may find employment for those retired hours in which we are altogether left to ourselves , and destitute of company and conversation ; I mean that intercourse and communication which every reasonable creature ought to ...
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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