Systematic Education, Or, Elementary Instruction in the Various Departments of Literature and Science: With Practical Rules for Studying Each Branch of Useful Knowledge, Τόμος 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 |
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Σελίδα 37
... Cicero , Cæsar , Sallust , Livy , Virgil , Horace , Varro , and Vitruvius . To these have been added , though they are men unquestionably of an inferior reputation , with regard to the purity of their writings , Paterculus , Florus ...
... Cicero , Cæsar , Sallust , Livy , Virgil , Horace , Varro , and Vitruvius . To these have been added , though they are men unquestionably of an inferior reputation , with regard to the purity of their writings , Paterculus , Florus ...
Σελίδα 56
... Cicero says , that it was a subject of contest be- tween him and Roscius , whether he could express a sentiment in a greater variety of phrases , or Roscius in a greater variety of intelligent , significant gestures . At length ...
... Cicero says , that it was a subject of contest be- tween him and Roscius , whether he could express a sentiment in a greater variety of phrases , or Roscius in a greater variety of intelligent , significant gestures . At length ...
Σελίδα 110
... Cicero was oppressed by a new and cruel affliction , the death of his beloved daughter , Tullia , which happened soon after her divorce from Dolabella , whose man- 1 ners and humours were entirely disagreeable to her . 110 BELLES LETTRES .
... Cicero was oppressed by a new and cruel affliction , the death of his beloved daughter , Tullia , which happened soon after her divorce from Dolabella , whose man- 1 ners and humours were entirely disagreeable to her . 110 BELLES LETTRES .
Σελίδα 111
... Cicero . The chief object in this sentence , is the death of Tullia , the cause of Cicero's affliction . The time in which it hap- pened it was quite proper to mark ; but the introduction of Dolabella's character destroys the unity of ...
... Cicero . The chief object in this sentence , is the death of Tullia , the cause of Cicero's affliction . The time in which it hap- pened it was quite proper to mark ; but the introduction of Dolabella's character destroys the unity of ...
Σελίδα 113
... Cicero , says , " With these writings , young divines are more conver- sant , than with those of Demosthenes , who , by many degrees , excelled the other , at least as an orator . " The natural close of the sentence is at the word other ...
... Cicero , says , " With these writings , young divines are more conver- sant , than with those of Demosthenes , who , by many degrees , excelled the other , at least as an orator . " The natural close of the sentence is at the word other ...
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Σελίδα 196 - And may at length my weary age Find out a peaceful hermitage ; The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit, and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain. The
Σελίδα 155 - thou not minister to a mind diseased ? Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow? Rase out the written troubles of the brain; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the foul bosom of that perilous stuff, That weighs upon the heart
Σελίδα 162 - -Within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared,
Σελίδα 205 - I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre, all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude! where are the charms That
Σελίδα 165 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ! thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of Gods ? Where I had hoped to spend, Quiet, though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Σελίδα 193 - On her white breast | a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, | and Infidels adore; Her lively looks, | a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes, J and as unfix'd as those. Favours to none, | to all she smiles extends, Oft she rejects
Σελίδα 165 - That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even; which I bred up with tender hand, From the first opening bud, and gave you names ; Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes
Σελίδα 126 - an instance of a musical sentence, the following from Milton, in his Treatise on Education: ' We shall conduct you to a hill-side, laborious, indeed, at the first ascent; but else, so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospects,—and melodious sounds on every
Σελίδα 167 - So am I.—Are they the seed of Abraham ? So am I.—Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Σελίδα 196 - I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre, all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Of