The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres, Or An Introduction to Language, Poetry, Rhetoric, History, Moral Philosophy, Physics, &c: With Reflections on Taste; and Instructions with Regard to the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar and the Stage. : the Whole Illustrated with Passages from the Most Famous Poets and Orators, Ancient and Modern, with Critical Remarks on Them. : Designed More Particularly for Students in the Universities : Translated from the French : in Four Volumes, Volume 3A. Betterswroth and C. Hitch, 1734 - Education |
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... ineffe , quibus ad difcendum cog- nofcendumque moveamor.Cic . lib . 5. de fin . bon . & mal . n . 52 . rical facts exprefly for his use , and wrote them rical 6 Of the Ufefulness of Hiftory . Victories Noble Birth Abilities.
... ineffe , quibus ad difcendum cog- nofcendumque moveamor.Cic . lib . 5. de fin . bon . & mal . n . 52 . rical facts exprefly for his use , and wrote them rical 6 Of the Ufefulness of Hiftory . Victories Noble Birth Abilities.
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... victories and conquefts , nor even the most valuable endowments of the mind ; but that a man owes his real worth to the heart , and that the more truly great and generous he is in that refpect , the more he will defpife what seems great ...
... victories and conquefts , nor even the most valuable endowments of the mind ; but that a man owes his real worth to the heart , and that the more truly great and generous he is in that refpect , the more he will defpife what seems great ...
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... victories , and the terror of his arms , which made the King of Perfia tremble even upon his throne . The Emperors Nerva , P Trajan , 9 Anto- ninus , and Marcus Aurelius , fold the palaces , the gold and filver plate , the valuable ...
... victories , and the terror of his arms , which made the King of Perfia tremble even upon his throne . The Emperors Nerva , P Trajan , 9 Anto- ninus , and Marcus Aurelius , fold the palaces , the gold and filver plate , the valuable ...
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... victories , triumphs , confulfhips , dictatorial power , and the empire of the world ; I leave it to the judgment of any man of good fenfe and reafon , on which fide lies the noble and great , and which he thinks deferves moft his ...
... victories , triumphs , confulfhips , dictatorial power , and the empire of the world ; I leave it to the judgment of any man of good fenfe and reafon , on which fide lies the noble and great , and which he thinks deferves moft his ...
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... victories " that accompany him . There is fomething " extremely noble in this honeft fimplicity , and " the lefs haughty he is , the more venerable " he becomes . " His character was exactly uniform under every circumftance , in his ...
... victories " that accompany him . There is fomething " extremely noble in this honeft fimplicity , and " the lefs haughty he is , the more venerable " he becomes . " His character was exactly uniform under every circumftance , in his ...
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