The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 - Education |
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... fame topic taken from M. Flechier DESCRIPTION S. 21 22 The retired life of M. de Lamoignon in the country , during the vacation II . The modefly of M. Turenne . His private life 25 26 III . The III . The honourable reception M. Turenne ...
... fame topic taken from M. Flechier DESCRIPTION S. 21 22 The retired life of M. de Lamoignon in the country , during the vacation II . The modefly of M. Turenne . His private life 25 26 III . The III . The honourable reception M. Turenne ...
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... fame great orator compares the military virtues of Cæfar with his clemency . Thefe kind of fubjects naturally fuggeft a great variety of ideas . In his oration for Marcellus . Since fpeeches and orations are the most difficult- leffons ...
... fame great orator compares the military virtues of Cæfar with his clemency . Thefe kind of fubjects naturally fuggeft a great variety of ideas . In his oration for Marcellus . Since fpeeches and orations are the most difficult- leffons ...
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... fame will infpire him with emulation : he " will be ashamed to be excelled by his equals , and " even pant to furpafs the most forward . This ani- " mates youth ; and , though ambition is a vice , we ❝ however may draw fome good from ...
... fame will infpire him with emulation : he " will be ashamed to be excelled by his equals , and " even pant to furpafs the most forward . This ani- " mates youth ; and , though ambition is a vice , we ❝ however may draw fome good from ...
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... fame topic taken from M. Flechier . The orator begins with faying , M. Turenne has fhewn , by his example , that piety is attended with fuccefs ; and that a warrior is invincible , when his faith is ftrong . He referred the glory of his ...
... fame topic taken from M. Flechier . The orator begins with faying , M. Turenne has fhewn , by his example , that piety is attended with fuccefs ; and that a warrior is invincible , when his faith is ftrong . He referred the glory of his ...
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... fame time ! The fucceffes of war leave I " know not what fenfible pleasure in the foul , which " fills and poffeffes it entirely . We afcribe to our- " felves a superiority of power and ftrength : we crown ourfelves with our own hands ...
... fame time ! The fucceffes of war leave I " know not what fenfible pleasure in the foul , which " fills and poffeffes it entirely . We afcribe to our- " felves a superiority of power and ftrength : we crown ourfelves with our own hands ...
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