The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or, An introduction to languages, poetry ... &c. Transl, Volume 21742 |
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... genius are the princi- pal foundations of eloquence , and fome- times fuffice alone for success in it , we can- not however deny , but that precepts and art may be of great service to an orator , whether he ufes them as guides to fupply ...
... genius are the princi- pal foundations of eloquence , and fome- times fuffice alone for success in it , we can- not however deny , but that precepts and art may be of great service to an orator , whether he ufes them as guides to fupply ...
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... genius by fome compo- fition of their own , and that the greatest care is taken to form them in this ftudy , which is not only the moft difficult , but the most important , and as it were the end and scope of all the reft . To fucceed ...
... genius by fome compo- fition of their own , and that the greatest care is taken to form them in this ftudy , which is not only the moft difficult , but the most important , and as it were the end and scope of all the reft . To fucceed ...
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... genius , left by being habituated to do nothing without help , they fhould fall into an idle flothful dif- pofition , which may prevent their attempting to in- vent and digeft of themselves . * Something like this is obfervable in birds ...
... genius , left by being habituated to do nothing without help , they fhould fall into an idle flothful dif- pofition , which may prevent their attempting to in- vent and digeft of themselves . * Something like this is obfervable in birds ...
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... genius . For we muft neither require nor expect a perfect discourse from a child ; but I fhould conceive great hopes of a fruitful ge- " nius , a genius that can produce without affiftance , " and make noble attempts , though it fhould ...
... genius . For we muft neither require nor expect a perfect discourse from a child ; but I fhould conceive great hopes of a fruitful ge- " nius , a genius that can produce without affiftance , " and make noble attempts , though it fhould ...
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... genius its full scope , and dif- " cover fertility . Frigidity in mafters is as dange- rous , efpecially for children , as a dry and a fcorch- ed foil for tender plants . A young man in their " hands is always groveling , and never has ...
... genius its full scope , and dif- " cover fertility . Frigidity in mafters is as dange- rous , efpecially for children , as a dry and a fcorch- ed foil for tender plants . A young man in their " hands is always groveling , and never has ...
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Page 303 - The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 327 - Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Page 323 - WILL sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 323 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 295 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 281 - God : praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints ; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds : that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Page 302 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 294 - A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes. Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment it runneth hastily.
Page 323 - Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Page 340 - And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?