The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or, An introduction to languages, poetry ... &c. Transl, Volume 21742 |
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... seems " of fhort duration ; as a smooth and pleasant road , " though of a confiderable length , fatigues less than " one that is fhort , but fteep or difagreeable . " 66 It is plain , fuch reflections may be of great " fervice towards ...
... seems " of fhort duration ; as a smooth and pleasant road , " though of a confiderable length , fatigues less than " one that is fhort , but fteep or difagreeable . " 66 It is plain , fuch reflections may be of great " fervice towards ...
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... seems to do , are its fole orna- ments . We do not find in it any of those elaborate figures which too plainly discover art ; and feem to proclaim the orator's endeavour to please . In a word , the fame obfervation may be made on this ...
... seems to do , are its fole orna- ments . We do not find in it any of those elaborate figures which too plainly discover art ; and feem to proclaim the orator's endeavour to please . In a word , the fame obfervation may be made on this ...
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... seems to be so . As its stile is very natural , and does not devi- ate much from common difcourfe , we imagine no great ability or genius are required to fucceed in it ; and when we read or hear a difcourfe in this kind , those who have ...
... seems to be so . As its stile is very natural , and does not devi- ate much from common difcourfe , we imagine no great ability or genius are required to fucceed in it ; and when we read or hear a difcourfe in this kind , those who have ...
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... seems to be fo agreeable to the tafte of our age , though al- most unknown to the judicious writers of antiquity , is , nevertheless , of no great ufe , and is confined with- in very narrow bounds . This kind of eloquence is , certainly ...
... seems to be fo agreeable to the tafte of our age , though al- most unknown to the judicious writers of antiquity , is , nevertheless , of no great ufe , and is confined with- in very narrow bounds . This kind of eloquence is , certainly ...
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... seem fo infeparable , that we cannot fee how the things could have been otherwife expreffed , whilft every one imagines he should exprefs them the fame way himself . But thefe obfervations will be more obvious by examples . The combat ...
... seem fo infeparable , that we cannot fee how the things could have been otherwife expreffed , whilft every one imagines he should exprefs them the fame way himself . But thefe obfervations will be more obvious by examples . The combat ...
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affiftance againſt almoſt atque auditors beauty becauſe Befides cafus caufa caufe cauſe Chrift Chriftian Cicero confifts cùm defign Demofthenes dicendi dicere difcourfe difplay diſcover effe ejus elogium eloquence enim etiam expreffions exprefs faid fame fays feems felf felves fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhew fhould fibi fimple fimplicity fince firft firſt folid fome fometimes fpeak fpeech ftile ftill ftrength ftrong ftudy fubject fublime fuch fuffer funt fupport genius give greateſt hæc himſelf Ibid illa inftruct itſelf juft kind laft lefs Lord mafter manner moft moſt muft muſt neceffary nihil obferve occafion omnia orator ourſelves paffage paffions perfon pleaſe pleaſure prefent proofs puniſhment Pythius quæ quafi quam quid Quint Quintil Quintilian quod racter raiſe reafon ſpeak ſtudy tamen thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thoughts Turenne uſe whofe words youth
Popular passages
Page 303 - The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 327 - 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 323 - WILL sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 323 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 295 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 281 - God : praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints ; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds : that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Page 302 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 294 - A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes. Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment it runneth hastily.
Page 323 - Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Page 340 - And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?