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 páginas An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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... concerning the Deity , which you have fondly attributed to the excellency of your own unassisted reason . If you would know the real strength of natural reason , and how far it can pro- ceed in the investigation or enforcement of moral ...
... concerning the Deity , which you have fondly attributed to the excellency of your own unassisted reason . If you would know the real strength of natural reason , and how far it can pro- ceed in the investigation or enforcement of moral ...
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... concerning the predictions of sacred , than concerning the oracles of Pagan history . Or , if ever you have cast a glance upon this subject , the dissentions of learned men concerning the proper in terpretation of the revelation , and ...
... concerning the predictions of sacred , than concerning the oracles of Pagan history . Or , if ever you have cast a glance upon this subject , the dissentions of learned men concerning the proper in terpretation of the revelation , and ...
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... ( concerning the manner of God's inter- position , in the moral government of our species , and the nature of the doctrines contained in revelation ) into your own inability fully to comprehend the whole scheme of Divine Providence . some ...
... ( concerning the manner of God's inter- position , in the moral government of our species , and the nature of the doctrines contained in revelation ) into your own inability fully to comprehend the whole scheme of Divine Providence . some ...
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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