The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... Heraclitus , Sect . 2. Dionyfius , Pythias , and Damon , Sect . 3. Locke and Bayle , CHAPTER VIII . PUBLIC SPEECHES . Sect . 1. Cicero against Verres , Sect . 2 . • 133 135 139 Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate , imploring their ...
... Heraclitus , Sect . 2. Dionyfius , Pythias , and Damon , Sect . 3. Locke and Bayle , CHAPTER VIII . PUBLIC SPEECHES . Sect . 1. Cicero against Verres , Sect . 2 . • 133 135 139 Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate , imploring their ...
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... all elfe , but aggravates his folly ; as it fhows him wrong , tho ' bleffed with the best capacity of being right . DR . YOUNG . CHAPTER VII DIALO UES . SECTION I. DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS 142 Part I. The English Reader .
... all elfe , but aggravates his folly ; as it fhows him wrong , tho ' bleffed with the best capacity of being right . DR . YOUNG . CHAPTER VII DIALO UES . SECTION I. DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS 142 Part I. The English Reader .
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... HERACLITUS . * The Vices and Follies of Men , fhould excite Compaffion I rather than Ridicule . DEMOCRITUS . FIND it impoffible to reconcile myself to a me- lancholy philofophy . HERACLITUS . And I am equally unable to approve of that ...
... HERACLITUS . * The Vices and Follies of Men , fhould excite Compaffion I rather than Ridicule . DEMOCRITUS . FIND it impoffible to reconcile myself to a me- lancholy philofophy . HERACLITUS . And I am equally unable to approve of that ...
Page 144
... HERACLITUS . And yet , after all , they , who are the objects of thy ridicule , include , not only mankind in general , but the perfons with whom thou livest , thy friends , thy family , nay , even thyself . DEMOCRITUS . I care very ...
... HERACLITUS . And yet , after all , they , who are the objects of thy ridicule , include , not only mankind in general , but the perfons with whom thou livest , thy friends , thy family , nay , even thyself . DEMOCRITUS . I care very ...
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... HERACLITUS . Alas ! there is but too much reafon to believe , they are fo and on this ground , I pity and de- plore their condition . We agree in this point , that men do not conduct themfelves according to reasonable and just ...
... HERACLITUS . Alas ! there is but too much reafon to believe , they are fo and on this ground , I pity and de- plore their condition . We agree in this point , that men do not conduct themfelves according to reasonable and just ...
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againſt alfo Antiparos appeared Archbishop of Cambray arifes becauſe BLAIR bleffed caufe cauſe confider courfe defire DEMOCRITUS diftrefs emphafis evils eyes fafe faid fame fatisfaction fcene fecret feemed felves fenfe fentence fentiments feveral fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow firft firſt fituation fociety folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport furely happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf honour houſe human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labour laft laſt lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myfelf nature neceffary Numidia obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paufe perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent proper Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft religion rife Sect SECTION ſhall ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtanding uſe virtue whofe wifdom wife