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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Page 159
... thou ftill have eyes , and yet not fee , " Ungrateful people ? ftill fhall mighty wonders " Strike strong thine ear , yet not affect thy heart ? ” The profopopoeia is a figure that communicates action and motion to inanimate things ...
... thou ftill have eyes , and yet not fee , " Ungrateful people ? ftill fhall mighty wonders " Strike strong thine ear , yet not affect thy heart ? ” The profopopoeia is a figure that communicates action and motion to inanimate things ...
Page 162
... thou " bloody theatre , where fo many tragic fcenes are " exhibited , thou wouldst have increased the num- " ber of our provinces ; and , inftead of being the " unhappy fource of our wars , thou wouldst now be " the peaceable fruit of ...
... thou " bloody theatre , where fo many tragic fcenes are " exhibited , thou wouldst have increased the num- " ber of our provinces ; and , inftead of being the " unhappy fource of our wars , thou wouldst now be " the peaceable fruit of ...
Page 179
... thou gotteft " rid of that enemy , were there not ftill enough re- " maining , without turning thine arms against thy- “ self ? What fatal influence could induce thee to " fhed fo much blood ? Why cannot we obliterate " those melancholy ...
... thou gotteft " rid of that enemy , were there not ftill enough re- " maining , without turning thine arms against thy- “ self ? What fatal influence could induce thee to " fhed fo much blood ? Why cannot we obliterate " those melancholy ...
Page 294
... thou lofeft thy " foul ! Can the benefit , thou reapest , be put in pa- " rallel with thine and thy brother's lofs ? If thou " knowest , that he from whom thou exactest an oath " is a good man , why then art thou not contented " with ...
... thou lofeft thy " foul ! Can the benefit , thou reapest , be put in pa- " rallel with thine and thy brother's lofs ? If thou " knowest , that he from whom thou exactest an oath " is a good man , why then art thou not contented " with ...
Page 299
... thou art , art thou then allowed to re- " member the injuries that have been done thee ? Are we not the fervants of a crucified God , who said , as he was breathing his laft , Father , forgive them , " for they know not what they do ...
... thou art , art thou then allowed to re- " member the injuries that have been done thee ? Are we not the fervants of a crucified God , who said , as he was breathing his laft , Father , forgive them , " for they know not what they do ...
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