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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... Use ; and all of them ( which I have hitherto been able to meet with ) contain a Num- ber of Articles which are of no immediate Concern to Children ; -fuch as the Duties of Parents , of Hufbands and Wives , of Mafters and Servants , and ...
... Use ; and all of them ( which I have hitherto been able to meet with ) contain a Num- ber of Articles which are of no immediate Concern to Children ; -fuch as the Duties of Parents , of Hufbands and Wives , of Mafters and Servants , and ...
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... use ? E. No , replied Euthedemus , I cannot fay that I ever have . S. But you muft certainly have taken notice , continued Socrates , how extremely neceffary this light is which we all enjoy in commmon : nor do you want to be informed ...
... use ? E. No , replied Euthedemus , I cannot fay that I ever have . S. But you muft certainly have taken notice , continued Socrates , how extremely neceffary this light is which we all enjoy in commmon : nor do you want to be informed ...
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... use , and tame them for our service , and re- ceive the greatest affistance from them , both in the perilous toils of war , and on many other occafions . E. I readily own it , faid Euthedemus ; for though many of them are much stronger ...
... use , and tame them for our service , and re- ceive the greatest affistance from them , both in the perilous toils of war , and on many other occafions . E. I readily own it , faid Euthedemus ; for though many of them are much stronger ...
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Historical mirror. he is poffeffed of many faculties which are use- ful , not only for his own private happiness and fecurity , as an individual ; but to qualify him for the duties and pleasures of focial life . By the affiftance of ...
Historical mirror. he is poffeffed of many faculties which are use- ful , not only for his own private happiness and fecurity , as an individual ; but to qualify him for the duties and pleasures of focial life . By the affiftance of ...
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... use of his fpeech during the remainder of his life . [ HERODOTUS . ( 3. ) A fudden quarrel arifing between the Macedonians and the Greek mercenaries , King Philip , like a brave general , inftantly mounted his horfe , and did his utmost ...
... use of his fpeech during the remainder of his life . [ HERODOTUS . ( 3. ) A fudden quarrel arifing between the Macedonians and the Greek mercenaries , King Philip , like a brave general , inftantly mounted his horfe , and did his utmost ...
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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...