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... perfect system of education , even for the short por- tion of time to which they relate . Many points in which they will be found deficient , were undoubtedly supplied by frequent opportunities of personal intercourse , and much was ...
... perfect system of education , even for the short por- tion of time to which they relate . Many points in which they will be found deficient , were undoubtedly supplied by frequent opportunities of personal intercourse , and much was ...
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... PERFECT and PURE INTELLIGENCE from which they ori- ginate ; and , ( as Plutarch expresses it , in words that might best describe a Christian philosopher , ) instilled into his mind , instead of the dark and fearful superstition of his ...
... PERFECT and PURE INTELLIGENCE from which they ori- ginate ; and , ( as Plutarch expresses it , in words that might best describe a Christian philosopher , ) instilled into his mind , instead of the dark and fearful superstition of his ...
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... am sure you can overtake if you will , has read Virgil's Æneid quite through , and much of Horace's Epistles . Terence's plays I would also desire Mr. Leech to make you perfect master of . Your cousin has read them all 3.
... am sure you can overtake if you will , has read Virgil's Æneid quite through , and much of Horace's Epistles . Terence's plays I would also desire Mr. Leech to make you perfect master of . Your cousin has read them all 3.
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William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.) perfect master of . Your cousin has read them all . Go on , my dear , and you will at least equal him . You are so good that I have nothing to wish but that you may be directed to proper books ; and I ...
William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.) perfect master of . Your cousin has read them all . Go on , my dear , and you will at least equal him . You are so good that I have nothing to wish but that you may be directed to proper books ; and I ...
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... perfect good scholar ; and have the pleasure and applause that will attend the se- veral advantages hereafter , in the future course of your life , that you can only acquire now by your emula- tion and noble labours in the pursuit of ...
... perfect good scholar ; and have the pleasure and applause that will attend the se- veral advantages hereafter , in the future course of your life , that you can only acquire now by your emula- tion and noble labours in the pursuit of ...
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Abridg Adieu affectionate uncle amiable authority awkward and ungenteel Bath behaviour BOLT COURT Burnet's History Cambridge cation cere character ciples Clarendon course danger dear boy dear child DEAR NEPHEW dearest nephew desires her best DROPMORE EARL OF CHATHAM eloquence English history father form opi gentleman give gout graceful habit happy Hayes hear heart hope infinite intended James's Square knowledge Lady Hester desires learning Leech lence lessons of Lord Let me know LETTER Lord Chatham love of virtue Ludlow Macte tuâ Virtute manly manner matter ment mind moral muses Nathaniel Bacon natural ness never nions noble obligation Oldcastle's Remarks opinion parliament Patriæ Pay Office philosophy pleased pleasure Plutarch politeness proper recommend religion render sion Sir Richard soon statesman stitution Sunning Hill superior sure thanks thing tion truest affection trust vate Virgil wish write youth ἀγαθῶν καὶ Τῆς
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Page 2 - Musam meditaris avena ; nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva : nos patriam fugimus ; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas.
Page xxix - I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Page 6 - ... me here, at Bath, but very lately, after making a considerable circuit to find me. I should have otherwise, my dear child, returned you thanks for the very great pleasure you have given me, long before now. The very good account you give me of your studies, and that delivered in very good Latin, for your time, has filled me with the highest expectation of your future improvements: I see the foundations so well laid, that I do not make the least doubt but you will become a perfect good scholar;...
Page 59 - I desired you some time since to read lord Clarendon's History of the civil wars. I have lately read a much honester and more instructive book, of the same period of history; it is the History of the Parliament, by Thomas May,* esq., &c. I will send it to you as soon as you return to Cambridge.
Page 97 - DEAR NEPHEW, I HAVE the pleasure to acquaint you with the glad tidings of Hayes. Lady Hester was safely delivered this morning of a son. She and the child are as well as possible, and the father in the joy of his heart.
Page 10 - Go on, my dear boy, by this golden rule, and you cannot fail to become every thing your generous heart prompts you to wish to be, and that mine most affectionately wishes for you. There is but one danger in your way; and that is, perhaps, natural enough to your age, the love of pleasure, or the fear of close application and laborious diligence. With , the last there is nothing you may...
Page 35 - ... gesticulations of the body, or movements of the muscles of the face. It is rare to see in any one a graceful laughter; it is generally better to smile than laugh out, especially to contract a habit of laughing at small or no jokes. Sometimes it would be...
Page 46 - I trust, prematurely form notions of your own, concerning that usage of the world (as it is called) into which you have not yet travelled, and which must be long studied and practised before it can be tolerably well known. I can repeat nothing to you of so infinite consequence to your future welfare, as to conjure you not to be hasty in taking up notions and opinions: guard your honest and ingenuous mind against this main danger of youth : with regard to all things, that appear not to your reason,...
Page 41 - You much overrate the obligation, whatever it be, which youth has to those who have trod the paths of the world before them, for their friendly advice how to avoid the inconveniences, dangers, and evils, which they themselves may have run upon, for want of such timely warnings, and to seize, cultivate, and carry forward towards perfection, those advantages, graces, virtues, and felicities, which they may have totally missed, or stopped short in the generous pursuit. To lend this helping hand to those...
Page 12 - I would have inscribed on the curtains of your bed, and the walls of your chamber, " If you do not rise early, you can make progress in nothing. If you do not set apart your hours of reading ; if you suffer yourself or any one else to break in upon them, your days will slip through your hands unprofitable and frivolous, and unenjoyed by yourself.