The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 - Education |
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... shall propose some examples in both kinds ; but fhall cite here only one paffage from a Roman author , because the reader will find feveral others in the fequel . The relation of Canius's adventure , cited in number , VI . of the first ...
... shall propose some examples in both kinds ; but fhall cite here only one paffage from a Roman author , because the reader will find feveral others in the fequel . The relation of Canius's adventure , cited in number , VI . of the first ...
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... shall ftand as the pro- pofition , to which all this common - place will refer . Cafar's clemency in pardoning Marcellus is much more glorious than all his victories . But this propofition must be handled with great art and delicacy ...
... shall ftand as the pro- pofition , to which all this common - place will refer . Cafar's clemency in pardoning Marcellus is much more glorious than all his victories . But this propofition must be handled with great art and delicacy ...
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... shall be vanquished , if the Lord does not affift us ; and fo turning his eyes to heaven , he waits for the victory from God alone . Here the author adds a brief common - place , to shew how hard it is to be victorious and humble at the ...
... shall be vanquished , if the Lord does not affift us ; and fo turning his eyes to heaven , he waits for the victory from God alone . Here the author adds a brief common - place , to shew how hard it is to be victorious and humble at the ...
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... shall not fuffer long . Bút " languishing diseases are so much the more fevere , as " we cannot foresee when they will end . We must " bear both with the fickness , and the medicines , which are no lefs grievous . Nature is every day ...
... shall not fuffer long . Bút " languishing diseases are so much the more fevere , as " we cannot foresee when they will end . We must " bear both with the fickness , and the medicines , which are no lefs grievous . Nature is every day ...
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... shall give but one here , in which the importance and difficulty of the employment of the " Lieutenant de Police in Paris are reprefented . " The inhabitants of a well governed city enjoy " the benefit of its polity , without ...
... shall give but one here , in which the importance and difficulty of the employment of the " Lieutenant de Police in Paris are reprefented . " The inhabitants of a well governed city enjoy " the benefit of its polity , without ...
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