Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryVicesimus Knox J. Johnson, 1808 - 1 من الصفحات An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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الصفحة xvii
... Temper recommended- 63 Exertions of a benevolent Temper 64 Blessings of a contented Temper 65 Usefulness of a Desire of Praise 66 Effects of excessive Desire of Praise- 67 Usefulness of virtuous Discipline 68 Consolation of religious ...
... Temper recommended- 63 Exertions of a benevolent Temper 64 Blessings of a contented Temper 65 Usefulness of a Desire of Praise 66 Effects of excessive Desire of Praise- 67 Usefulness of virtuous Discipline 68 Consolation of religious ...
الصفحة 54
... Temper and condescend- ing Manners recommended . What first presents itself to be recom- mended , is a peaceable temper ; a dis- position averse to give offence , and de . sirous of cultivating harmony , and amica- ble intercourse in ...
... Temper and condescend- ing Manners recommended . What first presents itself to be recom- mended , is a peaceable temper ; a dis- position averse to give offence , and de . sirous of cultivating harmony , and amica- ble intercourse in ...
الصفحة 55
... Temper the greatest Blessing , and most material Requisite to the proper Discharge of our Duties . A contented temper is one of the great- est blessings that can be enjoyed by man , and one of the most material requisites to the proper ...
... Temper the greatest Blessing , and most material Requisite to the proper Discharge of our Duties . A contented temper is one of the great- est blessings that can be enjoyed by man , and one of the most material requisites to the proper ...
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Advantages of a good Education | 8 |
On the Immortality of the Soul | 14 |
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admire Æneid affections agreeable ancient appear Aristotle attention bad company beauty body cerning character Christ Christian Cicero consider dæmons death Demosthenes divine duty earth elegance endeavour evil excellent expression father favour genius give grace greatest Greece Greek happiness hath heart heaven Herodotus holy Homer honour human Ibid idolatry Iliad imagination Jews kind knowledge labour language learned ligion live Livy Lord mankind manner matter means ment mind moral nation nature neral ness never object observe ourselves Pacuvius passions perfect persons Pindar Plato pleasure poetry poets praise proper racter reason religion render Roman Sallust Scripture sense sentiments shew sion Socrates soul speak spirit style sublime Tacitus taste temper thee Theocritus thine things thou thought Thucydides tion true truth ture unto vice Virgil virtue whole wisdom wise words writing youth