The Historical Mirror; Or, Biographical Miscellany: for the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth ... To which is Added, a Treatise on Politeness and Good-breeding, EtcW. Whitestone, 1776 - 279 من الصفحات |
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... Attention to their Duty , any other wife than by the good or ill Confequences of the Virtues or Vices of other Men , who have travelled through Life before them . Nothing , therefore , can be more useful to young People than a moderate ...
... Attention to their Duty , any other wife than by the good or ill Confequences of the Virtues or Vices of other Men , who have travelled through Life before them . Nothing , therefore , can be more useful to young People than a moderate ...
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... attention to a bet- ter and more important ftate of existence , as makes the brighest or the darkeft paffages of life of too little confequence either to over - heighten or deprefs the mind ; fo that a perfon who is in- fpired with this ...
... attention to a bet- ter and more important ftate of existence , as makes the brighest or the darkeft paffages of life of too little confequence either to over - heighten or deprefs the mind ; fo that a perfon who is in- fpired with this ...
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... attention to the honour of the gods , fuf- fering none of their temples , or any other religi- ous buildings , to be plundered ; and afterwards , in his Afiatic expedition , which was purposely undertaken to humble the pride , and ...
... attention to the honour of the gods , fuf- fering none of their temples , or any other religi- ous buildings , to be plundered ; and afterwards , in his Afiatic expedition , which was purposely undertaken to humble the pride , and ...
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... attention , to the tudy of the Holy Scriptures , and confidered many parts of them with uncommon exactness ; particularly the chronological part , and the fe- ries of propl ecies and events which related to the Mefliah . Upon the latter ...
... attention , to the tudy of the Holy Scriptures , and confidered many parts of them with uncommon exactness ; particularly the chronological part , and the fe- ries of propl ecies and events which related to the Mefliah . Upon the latter ...
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... attention of young peo- ple , I fhall make no apology for introducing them to my readers . Socrates having taken notice that one Arifto- demus , a perfon of this acquaintance , neither prayed nor facrificed to the deity , but , on the ...
... attention of young peo- ple , I fhall make no apology for introducing them to my readers . Socrates having taken notice that one Arifto- demus , a perfon of this acquaintance , neither prayed nor facrificed to the deity , but , on the ...
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accompliſhments affiftance affured afterwards againſt agreeable almoſt anſwer Artabazanes attention becauſe beſt beſtowed brother buſineſs cafe Callicratidas cauſe CICERO confequence confider confiderable converfation courſe cuſtom defire deity diſcovered diſtinguiſhed eldeſt endeavour Euthedemus faid fame father fecure felf fenfe fent ferve fhall fhew filly firft firſt flaves fleep fome foon friends ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport fure greateſt happineſs himſelf Hippias honour houſe inftance intereſt itſelf juſt juſtice king laſt leaft leaſt lefs likewife LIVY manner Mardonius maſter mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſed pleaſure PLUTARCH prefent prince promiſe puniſh purpoſe racter raiſed reafon refpect reft replied Roman ſaid ſay ſeem ſervice ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould Socrates ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſuch temper thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe tion underſtand univerfally uſe virtue whofe whoſe Xenophon Xerxes yourſelf
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الصفحة 215 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
الصفحة 239 - ... face. He generally daubs himself with soup and grease, though his napkin is commonly stuck through a buttonhole, and tickles his chin. When he drinks, he infallibly coughs in his glass and besprinkles the company. Besides all this, he has strange...
الصفحة 251 - ... a plain proof, in my mind, how low and unbecoming a thing laughter is. Not to mention the disagreeable noise that it makes, and the shocking distortion of the face that it occasions. Laughter is easily restrained by a very little reflection; but, as it is generally connected with the idea of gaiety, people do not enough attend to its absurdity. I am neither of a melancholy, nor a cynical disposition; and am as willing, and as apt, to be pleased as anybody; but I am sure that, since I have had...
الصفحة 154 - ... of which the crafty man is always in danger; and when he thinks he walks in the dark, all his pretences are so transparent that he that runs may read them...
الصفحة 155 - Indeed, if a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter...
الصفحة 154 - ... few words ; it is like travelling in a plain beaten road, which commonly brings a -man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.
الصفحة 154 - 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.
الصفحة 238 - At dinner, his awkwardness distinguishes itself particularly, as he has more to do : there he holds his knife, fork, and spoon differently from other people; eats with his knife to the great danger of his mouth, picks his teeth with his fork, and puts his spoon, which has been in his throat twenty times, into the dishes again.
الصفحة 238 - Awkwardness can proceed but from two causes; either from, not having kept good company, or from not having attended to/ it.
الصفحة 156 - ... spent his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw: but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of...