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... recommend , little can be necessary to be said by their editor . He is however anxious that a publi- cation , calculated to produce exten- sive benefit , should not in any single point mislead even the most super- ficial reader : nor ...
... recommend , little can be necessary to be said by their editor . He is however anxious that a publi- cation , calculated to produce exten- sive benefit , should not in any single point mislead even the most super- ficial reader : nor ...
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... recommended to his nephew , at the same time , the study of a very dif- ferent work , the history of Claren- don : but he speaks with some dis- trust of the integrity of that valu- b able writer . When a statesman traces , for the XVII.
... recommended to his nephew , at the same time , the study of a very dif- ferent work , the history of Claren- don : but he speaks with some dis- trust of the integrity of that valu- b able writer . When a statesman traces , for the XVII.
Página xxiv
... recommends . It will be obvious to every reader on the slightest perusal of the fol- lowing letters , that they were never intended to comprize a perfect system of education , even for the short por- tion of time to which they relate ...
... recommends . It will be obvious to every reader on the slightest perusal of the fol- lowing letters , that they were never intended to comprize a perfect system of education , even for the short por- tion of time to which they relate ...
Página xxix
... ex- cellence . It is the end . to which the lessons of Lord Chatham are , uni- formly directed . May they contri- bute to promote and encourage its pursuit ! Recommended , as they must be , to the heart of every reader , XXIX.
... ex- cellence . It is the end . to which the lessons of Lord Chatham are , uni- formly directed . May they contri- bute to promote and encourage its pursuit ! Recommended , as they must be , to the heart of every reader , XXIX.
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... recommend to Mr. Leech to carry you quite through Virgil's Aeneid from beginning to ending . Pray shew him this letter , with my service to him , and thanks for his care of you . For English poetry , I recom- mend Pope's translation of ...
... recommend to Mr. Leech to carry you quite through Virgil's Aeneid from beginning to ending . Pray shew him this letter , with my service to him , and thanks for his care of you . For English poetry , I recom- mend Pope's translation of ...
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Adieu Aeneid affectionate uncle AFTERWARDS LORD CAMELFORD amiable authority awkward and ungenteel Bath behaviour Burnet's History Cambridge cation cere character Clarendon's danger dear boy dear child DEAR NEPHEW dearest nephew desires her best Dropmore EARL OF CHATHAM eloquence English history father gentleman give gout graceful habit happy Hayes hear heart HONORARLE WILLIAM PITT honourably be directed hope infinite intended James's Square knowledge Lady Hester desires LATE EARL learning Leech lence Let me know LETTER London Ludlow manly manner matter ment mind moral muses Nathaniel Bacon natural nécessary ness noble notions obligation opinion parliament Pay Office pleased pleasure politeness proper recommend religion REPRINTED FOR H sion Sir Richard soon Sunning Hill superior sure taining thing thor tion true truest affection trust vate Virgil virtue virtuous Wheler wish write youth ἐκεῖνος την τελέσαι τε ἔπος τε τοῖς
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Página 16 - Creator in the days of thy youth, is big with the deepest wisdom: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and, an upright heart, that is understanding. This is eternally true, whether the wits and rakes of Cambridge allow it or not: nay, I must add of this religious wisdom, Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace, whatever your young gentlemen of pleasure think of a whore and a bottle, a tainted health and battered constitution.
Página 7 - ... him, or by yourself, till you have gone through them all. Spectators, especially Mr. Addison's papers, to be read very frequently at broken times in your room. I make it my request that you will forbear drawing, totally, while you are at Cambridge: and not meddle with Greek, otherwise than to know a little the etymology of words in Latin, or English, or French: nor to meddle with Italian. I hope this little course will soon be run through : I intend it as a general foundation for many things,...
Página xix - I call, therefore, a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war.
Página xxiv - Musam meditaris avena ; nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva : nos patriam fugimus ; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas.
Página 26 - And this constitutes true politeness. It is a perpetual attention, (by habit it grows easy and natural to us), to the little wants of those we are with, by which we either prevent, or remove them.
Página xxiv - Tityre, tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi silvestrem tenui musam meditaris avena: nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva. nos patriam fugimus: tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra formonsam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas.
Página 11 - ... submission of your own lights to theirs, you will particularly practise that first and greatest rule for pleasing in conversation, as well as for drawing instruction and improvement from the company of one's superiors in age and knowledge ; namely, to be a patient, attentive, and wellbred hearer, and to answer with modesty...
Página xxviii - Latin, for your time, has filled me with the highest expectation of your future improvements: I see the foundations so well laid, that I do not make the least doubt but you will become a perfect good scholar; and have the pleasure and applause that will attend the several advantages hereafter, in the future course of your life, that you can only acquire now by your emulation and noble labours in the pursuit of learning, and of every acquirement that is to make you superior to other gentlemen.
Página 24 - ... head upright, and plant you well upon your legs. As to the use of the sword, it is well to know it: but remember, my dearest nephew, it is a science of defence: and that a sword can never be employed by the hand of a man of virtue, in any other cause. As to the carriage of your person, be particularly careful, as you are tall and thin, not to get a habit of stooping; nothing has so poor...