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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... those who are caft down , " or humble themselves , because it gives us an air of fuperiority ; and , as that proftrate condition leaves " no room for jealoufy , fentiments of candor and hu- " manity naturally take place . On the ...
... those who are caft down , " or humble themselves , because it gives us an air of fuperiority ; and , as that proftrate condition leaves " no room for jealoufy , fentiments of candor and hu- " manity naturally take place . On the ...
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... Those who have read Cicero , continues Quin- " tilian , know very well , that I only follow his " opinion m Vitium utrumque : pejus ta- men illud quod ex inopia , quam quod ex copia venit . Nam in pueris oratio perfecta nec exigi nc ...
... Those who have read Cicero , continues Quin- " tilian , know very well , that I only follow his " opinion m Vitium utrumque : pejus ta- men illud quod ex inopia , quam quod ex copia venit . Nam in pueris oratio perfecta nec exigi nc ...
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... those of so great a master as Quintilian , “ I would add another cuftom , of great fervice to me , to that of diftributing places regularly once a month , " which ought never to be neglected , not even in the higher claffes . This was ...
... those of so great a master as Quintilian , “ I would add another cuftom , of great fervice to me , to that of diftributing places regularly once a month , " which ought never to be neglected , not even in the higher claffes . This was ...
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... those of almost all nations ; nor will they be forgot by the lateft pofteri- ty . But when we read or hear re- lations of wars and battles , it fo . happens , I know not how , that the admiration they excite , is in fome measure ...
... those of almost all nations ; nor will they be forgot by the lateft pofteri- ty . But when we read or hear re- lations of wars and battles , it fo . happens , I know not how , that the admiration they excite , is in fome measure ...
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... those extraordi- " nary occafions , when others generally forget their " Creator . It was then his prayers were most ... those obdurate fouls , on whom the fight " of the moft tremendous myfteries makes no im- " preffion . Even in the ...
... those extraordi- " nary occafions , when others generally forget their " Creator . It was then his prayers were most ... those obdurate fouls , on whom the fight " of the moft tremendous myfteries makes no im- " preffion . Even in the ...
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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.
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