The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, Volumen 1Robert Dodsley R. and J. Dodsley, 1754 |
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... Italian , was nevertheless placed upon the Throne . Servius Tillius , the Son of a Captive Woman ( no body knows who his Father was ) obtain'd the Kingdom as the Reward of his Wisdom and Virtue . In thofe Days no Man , in whom Virtue ...
... Italian , was nevertheless placed upon the Throne . Servius Tillius , the Son of a Captive Woman ( no body knows who his Father was ) obtain'd the Kingdom as the Reward of his Wisdom and Virtue . In thofe Days no Man , in whom Virtue ...
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... invite Pyrrhus King of Epirus to their Affiftance , who lands with his Forces in Italy , and defeats the Roman Army under the Command of Lævinus . After this Battle , Fa- Fabritius , with two other Roman Senators , is fent 52 On SPEAKING .
... invite Pyrrhus King of Epirus to their Affiftance , who lands with his Forces in Italy , and defeats the Roman Army under the Command of Lævinus . After this Battle , Fa- Fabritius , with two other Roman Senators , is fent 52 On SPEAKING .
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... Italy . He was met near the Banks of the Po by Publius Scipio , with the Roman Army . The two Generals are faid to have conceived a high Opinion of each other . Hannibal's Name had been long re- nowned ; and that Scipio must be a ...
... Italy . He was met near the Banks of the Po by Publius Scipio , with the Roman Army . The two Generals are faid to have conceived a high Opinion of each other . Hannibal's Name had been long re- nowned ; and that Scipio must be a ...
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... Italy itself . Nor is there , behind us , another Army which , if we fhould not prove the Conquerors , may make head against our victorious Enemies . There are no more Alps for them to pafs , which might give us leifure to raise new ...
... Italy itself . Nor is there , behind us , another Army which , if we fhould not prove the Conquerors , may make head against our victorious Enemies . There are no more Alps for them to pafs , which might give us leifure to raise new ...
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... Italy ; you bring the War . Grief , Injuries , In- dignities fire your Minds , and fpur you forward to Revenge.- Firft they demanded me ; that I , your General Firft 58 On SPEAKING . them in Arms. This is the Place, which ...
... Italy ; you bring the War . Grief , Injuries , In- dignities fire your Minds , and fpur you forward to Revenge.- Firft they demanded me ; that I , your General Firft 58 On SPEAKING . them in Arms. This is the Place, which ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 61 - Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Página 58 - 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...
Página 26 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Página 26 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 56 - They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Página 65 - 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.
Página 26 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Página 419 - To the tent-royal of their ( emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
Página 65 - 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.
Página 67 - Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not ; Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's ; then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr.