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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الصفحة 38
... reason , but because he had not been endowed by nature with a fluency of fpeech . All were highly exafperated against fo rigid a dictator , and fo inhuman a father , except the fon him- felf ; who , moved by that filial affection to ...
... reason , but because he had not been endowed by nature with a fluency of fpeech . All were highly exafperated against fo rigid a dictator , and fo inhuman a father , except the fon him- felf ; who , moved by that filial affection to ...
الصفحة 50
... reason to be afhamed of me . S. So far you have done well . But why should you be more offended with your mother , than those who perform upon the stage are with their fellow - actors ? There can be nothing more abu- five and ...
... reason to be afhamed of me . S. So far you have done well . But why should you be more offended with your mother , than those who perform upon the stage are with their fellow - actors ? There can be nothing more abu- five and ...
الصفحة 82
... reason , said Chærecrates , for which I diflike him ; because , wherever he comes , he is fure to make himfelf pleafing to others , whereas , he feems to aim at nothing but difpleasing me . S. But may not this happen , Chærecrates ...
... reason , said Chærecrates , for which I diflike him ; because , wherever he comes , he is fure to make himfelf pleafing to others , whereas , he feems to aim at nothing but difpleasing me . S. But may not this happen , Chærecrates ...
الصفحة 89
... reasons , we cannot conceive any state more truly pitiable , both in respect to the body and the mind , than that of the voluptuary , who has abandoned himself to all the drudgery of in- temperance . He who is accustomed to indulge iu ...
... reasons , we cannot conceive any state more truly pitiable , both in respect to the body and the mind , than that of the voluptuary , who has abandoned himself to all the drudgery of in- temperance . He who is accustomed to indulge iu ...
الصفحة 91
... than that of eating and drinking ; and I have taken the liberty to beflow them accordingly . For this reason , he would accept of nothing for the ufe inconfiftent , then , and how fhamefully abfi must be OR , BIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY . 91.
... than that of eating and drinking ; and I have taken the liberty to beflow them accordingly . For this reason , he would accept of nothing for the ufe inconfiftent , then , and how fhamefully abfi must be OR , BIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY . 91.
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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...