The Prose epitome; or, Extracts, elegant, instructive, and entertaining: abridged from the larger volume: intended to assist in introducing scholars at classical and other schools, to an acquaintance with useful and ornamental knowledge..Messrs. Rivingtons, Longman, 1792 - 456 pagina's |
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Pagina xi
... reafon of our being often fo frigid and unper- fuafive in public difcourfe , but our departing from the natural tone of speaking , and deli- vering ourselves in an affected artificial man- All that paffes in the mind of man may be I ...
... reafon of our being often fo frigid and unper- fuafive in public difcourfe , but our departing from the natural tone of speaking , and deli- vering ourselves in an affected artificial man- All that paffes in the mind of man may be I ...
Pagina xv
... reafon to wonder , that a perfect and accomplished orator fhould be one of the characters that is most rarely to be found ! Let us not defpair , however . Between mediocrity and perfection there is a very wide I have now treated fully ...
... reafon to wonder , that a perfect and accomplished orator fhould be one of the characters that is most rarely to be found ! Let us not defpair , however . Between mediocrity and perfection there is a very wide I have now treated fully ...
Pagina xvi
... reafon . For , confider firft , Whether any thing con- prime agent . She muft beftow the original tributes more to perfuafion , than the opinion talents . She muft fow the feeds ; but culture which we entertain of the probity ...
... reafon . For , confider firft , Whether any thing con- prime agent . She muft beftow the original tributes more to perfuafion , than the opinion talents . She muft fow the feeds ; but culture which we entertain of the probity ...
Pagina 2
... reafon , faid I , that the tide I fee rifes out of a thick mist at one end , and again lofes itself in a thick mift at the other ? What thou feeft , faid he , is that portion of eternity which is called Time , meafured out by the fun ...
... reafon , faid I , that the tide I fee rifes out of a thick mist at one end , and again lofes itself in a thick mift at the other ? What thou feeft , faid he , is that portion of eternity which is called Time , meafured out by the fun ...
Pagina 5
... Reafon indeed was always at hand to steer the paffengers through a narrow outlet , by which they might efcape ; but very few could , by her intreaties or remonftrances , be induced to put the rudder into her hand , without ftipu- lating ...
... Reafon indeed was always at hand to steer the paffengers through a narrow outlet , by which they might efcape ; but very few could , by her intreaties or remonftrances , be induced to put the rudder into her hand , without ftipu- lating ...
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Pagina 3 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Pagina 1 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and, taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Pagina 70 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea ; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Pagina 249 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Pagina 36 - Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of Good, and Father of Mercies.
Pagina 365 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'Tis day, and will never be night...
Pagina 1 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Pagina 36 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Pagina 1 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Pagina 338 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...