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... best . The eyes should never be fixed clofe on ral , the moft graceful . Too fudden and nimble any one object , but move easily round the audience . motions should be likewife avoided . Earnestness In the motions made with the hands ...
... best . The eyes should never be fixed clofe on ral , the moft graceful . Too fudden and nimble any one object , but move easily round the audience . motions should be likewife avoided . Earnestness In the motions made with the hands ...
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... best Authors neceffary to the Formation of a Style 36 A fervile Imitation to be avoided 37 Style must be adapted to the Subject- 38 Attention to Style muft not detract from Attention to Thought 39 Of the Rife of Poetry among the Romans ...
... best Authors neceffary to the Formation of a Style 36 A fervile Imitation to be avoided 37 Style must be adapted to the Subject- 38 Attention to Style muft not detract from Attention to Thought 39 Of the Rife of Poetry among the Romans ...
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... best of men have reafon to acknowledge in their daily confef fions , of leaving undone thofe things which they ought to have done , and of doing thofe things which they ought not to have done . ' Guardian . § 8. A Knowledge of the Ufe ...
... best of men have reafon to acknowledge in their daily confef fions , of leaving undone thofe things which they ought to have done , and of doing thofe things which they ought not to have done . ' Guardian . § 8. A Knowledge of the Ufe ...
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... best provifion it can for the pious education of orphans , and deferted First then , we promile to 66 renounce the children . The temporal and the fpiritual " devil , and all his works , the pomps and va- guardian may equally betray ...
... best provifion it can for the pious education of orphans , and deferted First then , we promile to 66 renounce the children . The temporal and the fpiritual " devil , and all his works , the pomps and va- guardian may equally betray ...
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... best of men . For juft notions of the Deity , we must have recourfe then to revelation alone . Revelation removes all thefe abfurdities . It difpels the tonds of ignorance ; and unveils the divine majefty , Suetonius * , tells us , that ...
... best of men . For juft notions of the Deity , we must have recourfe then to revelation alone . Revelation removes all thefe abfurdities . It difpels the tonds of ignorance ; and unveils the divine majefty , Suetonius * , tells us , that ...
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Page 3 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 1 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and, taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Page 70 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea ; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Page 249 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 36 - Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of Good, and Father of Mercies.
Page 365 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'Tis day, and will never be night...
Page 1 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Page 36 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Page 1 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Page 338 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...