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 стор. |
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Сторінка xi
... mind of man may be I proceed to treat next of Tones in pro - reduced to two claffes , which I call Ideas , and ... mind : by Emotions , all exertions of the mind in ar- ranging , combining , and feparating its ideas ; itfelf by thofe ...
... mind of man may be I proceed to treat next of Tones in pro - reduced to two claffes , which I call Ideas , and ... mind : by Emotions , all exertions of the mind in ar- ranging , combining , and feparating its ideas ; itfelf by thofe ...
Сторінка xvi
... mind , in the from art , by the force of genius alone , can fpeaker , his eloquence lofes all its real effect . rife higher than a public speaker can do , who It may entertain and amufe ; but it is viewed has never given attention to ...
... mind , in the from art , by the force of genius alone , can fpeaker , his eloquence lofes all its real effect . rife higher than a public speaker can do , who It may entertain and amufe ; but it is viewed has never given attention to ...
Сторінка xvii
... mind vacant univerfal a command over the minds of men and free , matter of itself , difencumbered of as virtue . No kind of language is fo generally thole bad paffions , and difengaged from thofe underftood , and fo powerfully felt , as ...
... mind vacant univerfal a command over the minds of men and free , matter of itself , difencumbered of as virtue . No kind of language is fo generally thole bad paffions , and difengaged from thofe underftood , and fo powerfully felt , as ...
Сторінка xviii
... mind is extremely adverfe to eloquence ; and no lefs fo , is that cavalling difpofition which takes pleafure in depreciating what is great , and ridiculing what is generally admired . Such a difpofition befpeaks one not very likely to ...
... mind is extremely adverfe to eloquence ; and no lefs fo , is that cavalling difpofition which takes pleafure in depreciating what is great , and ridiculing what is generally admired . Such a difpofition befpeaks one not very likely to ...
Сторінка xix
... Mind 20 Affluence not to exempt from Study- 21 Advantages of a Place of Education 12 Difcipline of a Place of Education Authors . Pag . Gilpin . 53 Chapone . 93. Seft . HE Vifion of Mirza Omniscience , & c . of the Deity 4 On the ...
... Mind 20 Affluence not to exempt from Study- 21 Advantages of a Place of Education 12 Difcipline of a Place of Education Authors . Pag . Gilpin . 53 Chapone . 93. Seft . HE Vifion of Mirza Omniscience , & c . of the Deity 4 On the ...
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Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 338 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...