The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, Volumen 1Robert Dodsley R. and J. Dodsley, 1754 |
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... feldom or never be quite extended All its Motions fhould be from the Left to the Right . Both the Hands difplayed , and the Arms extended , is a violent Action , and never juft or decent unless the Audience be noisy , and Part of them ...
... feldom or never be quite extended All its Motions fhould be from the Left to the Right . Both the Hands difplayed , and the Arms extended , is a violent Action , and never juft or decent unless the Audience be noisy , and Part of them ...
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... feldom fails to gain the good Will of those he converses with ; because no body envies a Man who does not appear to be pleafed with himself . Indeed We should talk extremely little of ourselves . what can we say ? It would be as ...
... feldom fails to gain the good Will of those he converses with ; because no body envies a Man who does not appear to be pleafed with himself . Indeed We should talk extremely little of ourselves . what can we say ? It would be as ...
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... feldom fail to make a Man agreeable , it may be no ill Policy fometimes to prepare yourself in a particular Manner for Converfation , by looking a little farther than your Neighbours into what- ever is become a reigning Subject . If our ...
... feldom fail to make a Man agreeable , it may be no ill Policy fometimes to prepare yourself in a particular Manner for Converfation , by looking a little farther than your Neighbours into what- ever is become a reigning Subject . If our ...
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... feldom Silver , unless as Buckles are by us , for faftening the Garments before . I have seen some of them go like Seamen in thin blue Shirts ; others like In- dians , in a party - colour'd loose kind of Apparel ; and others , who they ...
... feldom Silver , unless as Buckles are by us , for faftening the Garments before . I have seen some of them go like Seamen in thin blue Shirts ; others like In- dians , in a party - colour'd loose kind of Apparel ; and others , who they ...
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... feldom own themselves conquered , yet proceed no farther than two or three Replies : Perhaps indeed two others take up their Neighbour's Quarrel , but then they defit too after the fame manner ; fometimes , however , Blows have enfued 2 ...
... feldom own themselves conquered , yet proceed no farther than two or three Replies : Perhaps indeed two others take up their Neighbour's Quarrel , but then they defit too after the fame manner ; fometimes , however , Blows have enfued 2 ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt alfo almoft alſo Angle becauſe befides beſt Carthaginians Circle Coaft confiderable confifts Country Courſe Cyaxares Cycle Defcribe Defign defire Deſcribe the Arch diftinguiſhed Diſtance divided Divifion Dominical Letter Eaft eafy Earth Ecliptic Empire Epocha equal eſtabliſhed exprefs faid fame fecond feems feldom fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould Figure fince firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpeak ftill ftrong fuch fuppofed give given greateſt Hiftory himſelf Honour Ifland itſelf juft Julian Period King Kingdom laft lefs Mafter Manner Meaſures Medes moft moſt Mountains muft muſt myſelf neceffary Neceffity Number obferve Occafion Paffions pafs Perfians Perfon Place pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure poffible Point prefent Prince Purpoſe Raife raiſe Reafon reft rife Right Line Roman Rome Senfe ſeveral Solar Cycle ſpeak Succeffion thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand thro tion Trope ufually underſtand uſed Weft whofe World yourſelf
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.