A selection of passages from the Spectator for translation into Latin prose, ed. by J.R. MajorJohn Richardson Major 1858 - 185 páginas |
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... maxim , that you cannot make a more false step , or give your antagonist a greater advantage over you , than by falling into a passion . LXXII . Socrates meeting his pupil Alcibiades , as he C 4 PASSAGES FOR TRANSLATION . 31.
... maxim , that you cannot make a more false step , or give your antagonist a greater advantage over you , than by falling into a passion . LXXII . Socrates meeting his pupil Alcibiades , as he C 4 PASSAGES FOR TRANSLATION . 31.
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John Richardson Major. LXXII . Socrates meeting his pupil Alcibiades , as he was going to his devotions , and observing his eyes to be fixed upon the earth with great seriousness and attention , tells him , that he had reason to be ...
John Richardson Major. LXXII . Socrates meeting his pupil Alcibiades , as he was going to his devotions , and observing his eyes to be fixed upon the earth with great seriousness and attention , tells him , that he had reason to be ...
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... Alcibiades , whether he would not be thoroughly pleased and satisfied if that god , to whom he was going to address himself , should promise to make him the sovereign of the whole earth ? Alcibiades answers , that 138 SUPPLEMENTARY ...
... Alcibiades , whether he would not be thoroughly pleased and satisfied if that god , to whom he was going to address himself , should promise to make him the sovereign of the whole earth ? Alcibiades answers , that 138 SUPPLEMENTARY ...
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... Alcibiades answers in the negative . Socrates then shows him , from the examples of others , how these might very probably be the effects of such a blessing . He then adds , that other reputed pieces of good fortune , as that of having ...
... Alcibiades answers in the negative . Socrates then shows him , from the examples of others , how these might very probably be the effects of such a blessing . He then adds , that other reputed pieces of good fortune , as that of having ...
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... of pleasing anguish , as well as generous sympathy , that knits mankind together , and blends them in the same common lot . LVII . Socrates having deterred Alcibiades from the prayers and H 6 SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES . 155.
... of pleasing anguish , as well as generous sympathy , that knits mankind together , and blends them in the same common lot . LVII . Socrates having deterred Alcibiades from the prayers and H 6 SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES . 155.
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Página 7 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this, of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
Página 161 - Being, whose justice, goodness, wisdom, and veracity are all concerned in this point. But among these and other excellent arguments for the immortality of the soul, there is one drawn from the perpetual progress of the soul to its perfection, without a possibility of ever arriving at it; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by others, who have written on this subject, though it seems to me to carry a very great weight with it.
Página 130 - There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures that are not criminal; every diversion they take is at the expense of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly.
Página 137 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Página 28 - ... the whole village meet together with their best faces, and in their cleanliest habits, to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being.
Página 28 - I know but one way of fortifying my soul against these gloomy presages and terrors of mind, and that is, by securing to myself the friendship and protection of that Being who disposes of events and governs futurity. He sees, at one view, the whole thread...
Página 8 - ... of glory, and brighten to all eternity ; that she will be still adding virtue to virtue, and knowledge to knowledge ; carries in it something wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance.
Página 13 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Página 28 - When I lay me down to sleep, I recommend myself to His care : when I awake, I give myself up to his direction. Amidst all the evils that threaten me, I will look up to Him for help, and question not but He will avert them, or turn them to my advantage.
Página 21 - A person who believes he has his succour at hand, and that he acts in the sight of his friend, often exerts himself beyond his abilities ; and does wonders, that are not to be matched by one who is not animated with such a confidence of success.