The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning are Laid Down in a Way Most Suitable for Trying the Genius, and Advancing the Instruction of Youth. In Twelve Parts. Illustrated with Maps and Useful Cuts, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1758 |
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... itself to fcholaftic Modes of Reafoning , or conceive the nice Diftinctions of a fubtile Philofophy , and may be properly ini- tiated in fpeculative Studies by an Introduction like this , in which the Groffnefs of vulgar Con- ception is ...
... itself to fcholaftic Modes of Reafoning , or conceive the nice Diftinctions of a fubtile Philofophy , and may be properly ini- tiated in fpeculative Studies by an Introduction like this , in which the Groffnefs of vulgar Con- ception is ...
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... itself . Other Acquifitions are merely temporary Benefits , except as they contribute to illuftrate the Know- ledge , and confirm the Practice of Morality and Piety , which extend their Influence beyond the Grave , and increase our ...
... itself . Other Acquifitions are merely temporary Benefits , except as they contribute to illuftrate the Know- ledge , and confirm the Practice of Morality and Piety , which extend their Influence beyond the Grave , and increase our ...
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... itself fhall make many Things pafs well enough , which would have been laugh'd at in the Mouth of one much younger . Nothing , however , is more infupportable to Men of Senfe , than an empty formal Man who fpeaks in Proverbs , and ...
... itself fhall make many Things pafs well enough , which would have been laugh'd at in the Mouth of one much younger . Nothing , however , is more infupportable to Men of Senfe , than an empty formal Man who fpeaks in Proverbs , and ...
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... itself or no . Though the afking of Queftions may plead for itself the fpecious Name of Modefty , and a Defire of Information , it affords little Pleafure to the reft of the Company , who are not troubled with the fame Doubts ; befides ...
... itself or no . Though the afking of Queftions may plead for itself the fpecious Name of Modefty , and a Defire of Information , it affords little Pleafure to the reft of the Company , who are not troubled with the fame Doubts ; befides ...
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... itself delectable and fatisfactory . It is like Light , pleafant to behold , cafting a spright- ly Luftre , and diffufing a benign Influence all about ; dif- playing Objects in their due Shapes , Poftures , Magnitudes and Colours ...
... itself delectable and fatisfactory . It is like Light , pleafant to behold , cafting a spright- ly Luftre , and diffufing a benign Influence all about ; dif- playing Objects in their due Shapes , Poftures , Magnitudes and Colours ...
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Page 63 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 56 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 63 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Page 62 - Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered, — We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here; And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Page 56 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, "Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly * death itself awakes...
Page 59 - Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding— which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
Page 65 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 61 - My cousin Westmoreland ? No, my fair cousin. If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
Page 63 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 92 - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.