Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons : Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry, Volume 1T. Longman, B. Law&Son, J. Dodsley, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G.G.&J. Robinson, T. Cadell, W. Richardson, R. Baldwin, W. Goldsmith, F.&C. Rivington, R. Faulder, S. Hayes, Ogilvy&Speare, Vernor&Hood, W. Lowndes, C. Wynne, W. Bent, J. Scatcherd, G.&T. Wilkie, J. Walker, J. Evans, C.&G. Kearsley, and H. Murray, 1794 - 1119 pages |
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Page xiii
... should study to preserve as much dignity as poffible in the whole altitude of the body . An erect pofture is gene- rally to be chofen : ftanding firm , fo as to have the fulleft and freeft command of all his motions ; any inclination ...
... should study to preserve as much dignity as poffible in the whole altitude of the body . An erect pofture is gene- rally to be chofen : ftanding firm , fo as to have the fulleft and freeft command of all his motions ; any inclination ...
Page xiv
... should begin with rectifying them in his private manner of fpeaking ; and then carry to the public the right habit he has formed . For when a fpeaker is engaged in a public dif- courfe , he fhould not be then employing his attention ...
... should begin with rectifying them in his private manner of fpeaking ; and then carry to the public the right habit he has formed . For when a fpeaker is engaged in a public dif- courfe , he fhould not be then employing his attention ...
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... Should a fpirit of fuperior rank , who is a ftranger to human nature , accidentally alight upon the earth , and take ... should know that this fet of creatures , who lay out all their endeavours for this life , which fcarce deferves the ...
... Should a fpirit of fuperior rank , who is a ftranger to human nature , accidentally alight upon the earth , and take ... should know that this fet of creatures , who lay out all their endeavours for this life , which fcarce deferves the ...
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... should only fet an infignificant fine up- on the man who murders them ; nay , that we should , as much as in us lies , cut them off from the profpects of happiness in ano- ther world , as well as in this , and deny them that which we ...
... should only fet an infignificant fine up- on the man who murders them ; nay , that we should , as much as in us lies , cut them off from the profpects of happiness in ano- ther world , as well as in this , and deny them that which we ...
Page 12
... should overlook any of his crea- tures ; fo we may be confident that he re- gards , with an eye of mercy , those who endeavour to recommend themselves to his notice , and in unfeigned humility of heart think them felves unworthy that he ...
... should overlook any of his crea- tures ; fo we may be confident that he re- gards , with an eye of mercy , those who endeavour to recommend themselves to his notice , and in unfeigned humility of heart think them felves unworthy that he ...
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affiftance againſt alfo bad company becauſe beft beſt bleffings cafe caufe chearful chearfulneſs Chrift Chriftian confequence confider confideration converfation courfe defign defire difcover difpofed difpofition divine duty endeavour faid fame fecurity feek feem felves fenfe fenfible fent fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fociety fome foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport fure give greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human inftances intereft itſelf juft laft leaft lefs ligion mankind manner ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions perfons philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent preferve purpoſe racter raiſe reafon refpect reft religion ſhall ſpeak ſtate temper thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe virtue whofe wifdom youth