The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 8
... thing is better adapted to affift the invention of youth , than to make them from time to time compofe after this ... things , and fuch as are beft adapted to the capacities of youth , as fables , for inftance ; for which end it will be ...
... thing is better adapted to affift the invention of youth , than to make them from time to time compofe after this ... things , and fuch as are beft adapted to the capacities of youth , as fables , for inftance ; for which end it will be ...
Page 11
... thing " above the common level . The want of flesh , " leannefs paffes with them for health , and what " they call judgment , is mere impotence . They " fancy it is enough to have no faults ; but even in " that , they fall into a very ...
... thing " above the common level . The want of flesh , " leannefs paffes with them for health , and what " they call judgment , is mere impotence . They " fancy it is enough to have no faults ; but even in " that , they fall into a very ...
Page 12
... thing that requires cortection , " he ought not to treat his pupils with bitter or re- " proachful language ; for nothing gives them so " much averfion to learning , as the being continually " reproved with a gloomy air , the feeming ...
... thing that requires cortection , " he ought not to treat his pupils with bitter or re- " proachful language ; for nothing gives them so " much averfion to learning , as the being continually " reproved with a gloomy air , the feeming ...
Page 13
... thing , correcting another , blaming " the idleness of this boy , applauding the diligence of " that . Every thing will be of ufe to him . The " love of fame will infpire him with emulation : he " will be ashamed to be excelled by his ...
... thing , correcting another , blaming " the idleness of this boy , applauding the diligence of " that . Every thing will be of ufe to him . The " love of fame will infpire him with emulation : he " will be ashamed to be excelled by his ...
Page 18
... thing ne- ceffary for defence . But then , you conquered only what was adapted by nature and condition to be con- quered for nothing is fo powerful or formidable , but may be overcome by fuperior force . But to overcome one's felf ; to ...
... thing ne- ceffary for defence . But then , you conquered only what was adapted by nature and condition to be con- quered for nothing is fo powerful or formidable , but may be overcome by fuperior force . But to overcome one's felf ; to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
againſt almoft atque auditors beauty becauſe Befides cafus caufa caufe cauſe Chrift Cicero confifts defign Demofthenes dicendi dicere difcourfe difcover difpofition effe ejus eloquence Engliſhed enim etiam expreffions exprefs faid fame fays feems felves fenfe fenfible fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fibi fimple fince firft folid fome fomething fometimes fpeaking fpeech ftill ftrength ftudy ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuit funt fupport genius give hæc himſelf Ibid illa inftruct intirely ipfa itſelf juft kind laft lefs Livy mafter magis manner moft moſt muft muſt natural neceffary nifi nihil obferve occafion omnia orator ourſelves paffage paffions perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure quæ quafi quam quid Quint Quintil Quintilian quod raiſe reafon reprefent ſay ſhall ſpeak ſtudy tamen thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thoughts tium Turenne uſe Verres whofe words youth
Popular passages
Page 349 - Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Page 335 - Judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it?
Page 335 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 335 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee.
Page 319 - Woe unto them that join house to house, That lay field to field, till there be no place, That they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Page 100 - ... the picture of any object, spiritual or sensible. Now images and pictures are true no further than they resemble; so a thought is true when it represents things faithfully, and it is false when it makes them appear otherwise than they are in themselves.
Page 369 - A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion : being an Abridgment of the Sermons preached at the Lecture founded by the Hontte Robert Boyle, Esq...No\.