The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 |
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... master , " like a good nurfe , full of indulgence for his ten- " der pupils , give them fweet nourishment , and per- " mit them to feed , as on delicious milk , on what- " ever is moft gay and agreeable . Let us indulge them " a little ...
... master , " like a good nurfe , full of indulgence for his ten- " der pupils , give them fweet nourishment , and per- " mit them to feed , as on delicious milk , on what- " ever is moft gay and agreeable . Let us indulge them " a little ...
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... master . " Let him not deny youth , " fays he , the praifes they deferve , neither would " I have him be too lavish of them ; for the former " difcourages , and the latter makes them too fecure , " which may be of dangerous confequence ...
... master . " Let him not deny youth , " fays he , the praifes they deferve , neither would " I have him be too lavish of them ; for the former " difcourages , and the latter makes them too fecure , " which may be of dangerous confequence ...
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... master as Quintilian , “ I would add another cuftom , of great fervice to me , to that of diftributing places regularly once a month , " which ought never to be neglected , not even in the higher claffes . This was , to propose some ...
... master as Quintilian , “ I would add another cuftom , of great fervice to me , to that of diftributing places regularly once a month , " which ought never to be neglected , not even in the higher claffes . This was , to propose some ...
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... master effect , when he is " to form a fublime genius ? No fooner had M. Tu- 66 renne given his first counfels , but he found there " was no occafion for more ; being prevented by the " clear understanding , penetration , the happy and ...
... master effect , when he is " to form a fublime genius ? No fooner had M. Tu- 66 renne given his first counfels , but he found there " was no occafion for more ; being prevented by the " clear understanding , penetration , the happy and ...
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... master of them : he would have us , for that reafon be a little timorous in the beginning , and ex- tols this character of modefty and refervednefs in Craffus , which far from being injurous to his dif- course , made the orator himself ...
... master of them : he would have us , for that reafon be a little timorous in the beginning , and ex- tols this character of modefty and refervednefs in Craffus , which far from being injurous to his dif- course , made the orator himself ...
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