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 oldal |
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50. oldal
... less that a multi- tude of men , would embrace fuch a belief without clear conviction : efpecially as no worldly advantage lay on the fide of this be- lief ; and the convert even renounced the world , tim , exactly fulfilled . The leaft ...
... less that a multi- tude of men , would embrace fuch a belief without clear conviction : efpecially as no worldly advantage lay on the fide of this be- lief ; and the convert even renounced the world , tim , exactly fulfilled . The leaft ...
129. oldal
... less fo ; it is indeed abfolutely neceffary to our reaping any benefit from the habit of I enjoin that fuch as are beginning the " practice of compofition , write flowly , and with " anxious deliberation . Their great object at first ...
... less fo ; it is indeed abfolutely neceffary to our reaping any benefit from the habit of I enjoin that fuch as are beginning the " practice of compofition , write flowly , and with " anxious deliberation . Their great object at first ...
279. oldal
... less than the wealth of the Roman empire is fufficient to enable a man to keep a good table . Our players were richer by far than your princes . Darteneuf . Oh that I had but lived in the bleffed reign of Caligula , or Vitellius , cr of ...
... less than the wealth of the Roman empire is fufficient to enable a man to keep a good table . Our players were richer by far than your princes . Darteneuf . Oh that I had but lived in the bleffed reign of Caligula , or Vitellius , cr of ...
283. oldal
... less deteftable than the country in our world . Pray , have you a fine Vauxhall and Ranelagh ? I think I should not diflike drinking the Lethe waters , when you have a full season . Mercury . Surely you could not like to drink the ...
... less deteftable than the country in our world . Pray , have you a fine Vauxhall and Ranelagh ? I think I should not diflike drinking the Lethe waters , when you have a full season . Mercury . Surely you could not like to drink the ...
307. oldal
... less than an epigram . Under the in - witted , or a Lob for the Manfion - Houfe . fluence of this malady he has been fo de- plorably dull , that he has often been filent a whole week together . I took him into my own houfe : inftead of ...
... less than an epigram . Under the in - witted , or a Lob for the Manfion - Houfe . fluence of this malady he has been fo de- plorably dull , that he has often been filent a whole week together . I took him into my own houfe : inftead of ...
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3. oldal - 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.
1. oldal - 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.
70. oldal - 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.
249. oldal - 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.
36. oldal - 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.
365. oldal - 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...
1. oldal - 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...
36. oldal - 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.
1. oldal - 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.
338. oldal - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...