Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryC. Dilly, 1790 - 1019 Seiten |
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... Means of improving in Elequence . I have now treated fully of the different kinds of public fpeaking , of the compofi- tion , and of the delivery of a difcourfe . Before I finish this fubject , it may be of ufe to fuggeft fome things ...
... Means of improving in Elequence . I have now treated fully of the different kinds of public fpeaking , of the compofi- tion , and of the delivery of a difcourfe . Before I finish this fubject , it may be of ufe to fuggeft fome things ...
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... means , is perfonal character and difpofition . In o der to be a truly elo- quent or perfuafive fpeaker , nothing is ... mean purfuits , which have ever been found the greatest enemies to true proficiency . Quinctilian has touched this ...
... means , is perfonal character and difpofition . In o der to be a truly elo- quent or perfuafive fpeaker , nothing is ... mean purfuits , which have ever been found the greatest enemies to true proficiency . Quinctilian has touched this ...
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... mean a purpofe ? Can he delight in the production of fuch abortive intelli- gences , fuch fhort - lived reasonable ... means preferves his distance and fuperiority in the fcale of being ; but he knows that , how high foever the station ...
... mean a purpofe ? Can he delight in the production of fuch abortive intelli- gences , fuch fhort - lived reasonable ... means preferves his distance and fuperiority in the fcale of being ; but he knows that , how high foever the station ...
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... mean to give you a critical effay upon the ufe and abafe of time ; I will only give you fome hints , with regard to the ute of one particular period of that long time which , I hope , you have before you ; I mean the next two years ...
... mean to give you a critical effay upon the ufe and abafe of time ; I will only give you fome hints , with regard to the ute of one particular period of that long time which , I hope , you have before you ; I mean the next two years ...
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... means . Indeed , if a man were only to deal in the world for a day , and should never have occafion to converse more with mankind , never more need their good opinion or good word , it were then no great matter ( peaking as to the ...
... means . Indeed , if a man were only to deal in the world for a day , and should never have occafion to converse more with mankind , never more need their good opinion or good word , it were then no great matter ( peaking as to the ...
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Seite 279 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Seite 251 - ... .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places., (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
Seite 266 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Seite 282 - GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Seite 437 - The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first hour at Alexandria and the next at Rome supposes that, when the play opens, the spectator really imagines himself at Alexandria, and believes that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage to Egypt, and that he lives in the days of Antony and Cleopatra. Surely he that imagines this may imagine more.
Seite 434 - Shakespeare engaged in dramatic poetry with the world open before him. The rules of the ancients were yet known to few; the public judgment was unformed; he had no example of such fame as might force him upon imitation, nor critics of such authority as might restrain his extravagance.
Seite 282 - GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
Seite 1 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The Genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and...
Seite 285 - GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him ; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Seite 266 - Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; defend us in the same with thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord.