The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 |
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Strana 5
... light . Although I obferved , that brevity confifts in faying no more than what is neceffary , I do not however pretend , that the ora- " tor fhould confine himself to the bare ftating the " fact ; for though the narration fhould be ...
... light . Although I obferved , that brevity confifts in faying no more than what is neceffary , I do not however pretend , that the ora- " tor fhould confine himself to the bare ftating the " fact ; for though the narration fhould be ...
Strana 17
... light . Tutors direct young perfons by proper questions to find of themselves feveral cir- cumftances , which fhew a general has no more than a fhare of the glory arifing from victories ; and add , it is not fo with regard to that which ...
... light . Tutors direct young perfons by proper questions to find of themselves feveral cir- cumftances , which fhew a general has no more than a fhare of the glory arifing from victories ; and add , it is not fo with regard to that which ...
Strana 23
... lights , form this common - place . It is ufual for a conqueror to afcribe the victory to himself , and too look upon himself as the author of it ; and , though he returns God public thanks for it , it is however to be feared , he ...
... lights , form this common - place . It is ufual for a conqueror to afcribe the victory to himself , and too look upon himself as the author of it ; and , though he returns God public thanks for it , it is however to be feared , he ...
Strana 39
... light , joins " them together , and adds new ftrength to them " from their union . The diction is not only pure " and correct , but has all the dignity requifite to the fubjects , and all the graces they could admit . Not that he took ...
... light , joins " them together , and adds new ftrength to them " from their union . The diction is not only pure " and correct , but has all the dignity requifite to the fubjects , and all the graces they could admit . Not that he took ...
Strana 43
... light . I fhall begin with giving an idea of the three kinds or characters of eloquence , and here fettle fome gene- ral rules of rhetoric , which appear to me beft adapted to form the taste ; and this is properly the end I pro- pofe in ...
... light . I fhall begin with giving an idea of the three kinds or characters of eloquence , and here fettle fome gene- ral rules of rhetoric , which appear to me beft adapted to form the taste ; and this is properly the end I pro- pofe in ...
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Strana 349 - 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.
Strana 335 - Judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it?
Strana 335 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Strana 335 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee.
Strana 319 - Woe unto them that join house to house, That lay field to field, till there be no place, That they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Strana 100 - ... the picture of any object, spiritual or sensible. Now images and pictures are true no further than they resemble; so a thought is true when it represents things faithfully, and it is false when it makes them appear otherwise than they are in themselves.
Strana 369 - A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion : being an Abridgment of the Sermons preached at the Lecture founded by the Hontte Robert Boyle, Esq...No\.