The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 |
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... itself , and founded on the knowlege of the human heart . f It is never com- " mendable , fays he , in any man to boast of him- " felf ; but an orator , of all people , appears with the " worft grace , when his eloquence makes him vain ...
... itself , and founded on the knowlege of the human heart . f It is never com- " mendable , fays he , in any man to boast of him- " felf ; but an orator , of all people , appears with the " worft grace , when his eloquence makes him vain ...
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... itself , is in dan- " ger of forgetting God , it is in thofe illuftrious fta- ❝tions where a man becomes as a god to others , by the " wifdom of his conduct , the greatnefs of his courage , " the ftrength of his arm , and the number of ...
... itself , is in dan- " ger of forgetting God , it is in thofe illuftrious fta- ❝tions where a man becomes as a god to others , by the " wifdom of his conduct , the greatnefs of his courage , " the ftrength of his arm , and the number of ...
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... itself , and in " those moments of felf - love , when a general fees " fortune declare in his favour , his piety was watch- " ful to prevent his giving the jealous God the least " offence , by too hafty an affurance of conquering ...
... itself , and in " those moments of felf - love , when a general fees " fortune declare in his favour , his piety was watch- " ful to prevent his giving the jealous God the least " offence , by too hafty an affurance of conquering ...
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... itself with its whole fund of conftancy . Ex- ❝cefs of pain , on these occafions , makes us more in- " fenfible ; and , if we fuffer much , we have ftill the " comfort of thinking we shall not fuffer long . Bút " languishing diseases ...
... itself with its whole fund of conftancy . Ex- ❝cefs of pain , on these occafions , makes us more in- " fenfible ; and , if we fuffer much , we have ftill the " comfort of thinking we shall not fuffer long . Bút " languishing diseases ...
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... itself , exclufively of all others . What exalts the understanding should likewife exalt the foul . The fame piety that made him worthy of entering the church , kept him out of it . The fame caufe that kept him out , made him worthy of ...
... itself , exclufively of all others . What exalts the understanding should likewife exalt the foul . The fame piety that made him worthy of entering the church , kept him out of it . The fame caufe that kept him out , made him worthy of ...
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