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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... ourselves of them . They have , however , something till greater , and more aftonishing . * For as to military actions , some pretend to lessen their lustre , by alerting , that the private soldier Shares hares the glory with his ...
... ourselves of them . They have , however , something till greater , and more aftonishing . * For as to military actions , some pretend to lessen their lustre , by alerting , that the private soldier Shares hares the glory with his ...
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... ourselves shall be vanquished , if the Lord does not afsist us ; and so 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 ...
... ourselves shall be vanquished , if the Lord does not afsist us ; and so 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 ...
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... ourselves with our own hands : we form a fecret " triumph within ourselves : we look upon those laurels " which are gathered with labour and pains , and are " often bedewed with our blood , as our property : " and even when we give God ...
... ourselves with our own hands : we form a fecret " triumph within ourselves : we look upon those laurels " which are gathered with labour and pains , and are " often bedewed with our blood , as our property : " and even when we give God ...
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... ourselves upon the " brink of precipices . The only books that can in- " struct us effectually in this science , have been dif- " persed at random over the whole furface of the " earth ; and we must resolve to undergo the fatigue " and ...
... ourselves upon the " brink of precipices . The only books that can in- " struct us effectually in this science , have been dif- " persed at random over the whole furface of the " earth ; and we must resolve to undergo the fatigue " and ...
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... ourselves upon reading a great number of authors , but fuch only as are of most value . We may say of too great read- ing , what Seneca observes of a prodigious library , that instead of enriching and forming the mind , it often only ...
... ourselves upon reading a great number of authors , but fuch only as are of most value . We may say of too great read- ing , what Seneca observes of a prodigious library , that instead of enriching and forming the mind , it often only ...
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