Rules for English Composition, and Particularly for Themes: Designed for the Use of Schools, and in Aid of Self InstructionP. Potter, 1816 - 177 頁 |
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第 iii 頁
... succeed in my wish of rendering service to literature , I persuade myself that I shall be favored by your approbation ; and I may then pride my- self in the reflection of having given testimony , by TO THE REVEREND ...
... succeed in my wish of rendering service to literature , I persuade myself that I shall be favored by your approbation ; and I may then pride my- self in the reflection of having given testimony , by TO THE REVEREND ...
第 vii 頁
... renders familiar the practical part of the vernacular tongue : it becomes indeed so familiar , that to many , the study of it appears superfluous . It appears to be more readily caught by the ear than taught by rule : a shrewd boy or a ...
... renders familiar the practical part of the vernacular tongue : it becomes indeed so familiar , that to many , the study of it appears superfluous . It appears to be more readily caught by the ear than taught by rule : a shrewd boy or a ...
第 ix 頁
... render complete the ability for mental discus- sion . But these are not sufficient for any one who is desirous of excelling in English composition . Great effect arises from the choice of language , and the harmony in which words may be ...
... render complete the ability for mental discus- sion . But these are not sufficient for any one who is desirous of excelling in English composition . Great effect arises from the choice of language , and the harmony in which words may be ...
第 x 頁
... render this treatise suitable to the capacity of youthful in- tellect ; and eligible for the important object which it proposes to attain : yet the author is sensible that this production may derive im- provement from the suggestions of ...
... render this treatise suitable to the capacity of youthful in- tellect ; and eligible for the important object which it proposes to attain : yet the author is sensible that this production may derive im- provement from the suggestions of ...
第 xv 頁
... rendering to the present edition every improvement I can be- stow . The book will be found considerably en- larged by additional examples illustrative of the rules it formerly contained . A list of sub- jects has also been added , for ...
... rendering to the present edition every improvement I can be- stow . The book will be found considerably en- larged by additional examples illustrative of the rules it formerly contained . A list of sub- jects has also been added , for ...
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第 137 頁 - Happy are they, my son, who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, that though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one effort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere...
第 116 頁 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them.
第 109 頁 - In short, the person who has a firm trust on the Supreme Being, is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness. He reaps the benefit of every divine attribute, and loses his own insufficiency in the fulness of infinite perfection.
第 165 頁 - From the mountains on every side, rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the middle inhabited by fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl whom nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till it was heard no more.
第 117 頁 - At the same, time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment of little, mean, ungenerous minds. Discretion points out the noblest ends to us, and pursues the most proper and laudable methods of attaining them : cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed.
第 165 頁 - All animals that bite the grass or browse the shrub, whether wild or tame, wandered in this extensive circuit, secured from beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the pastures ; on another, all the beasts of chase frisking in the lawns. The sprightly kid was bounding on the rocks, the subtle monkey frolicking in the trees and the solemn elephant reposing in the shade.
第 118 頁 - Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance.
第 70 頁 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
第 101 頁 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
第 98 頁 - In the face of the sun you may see God's beauty ; in the fire you may feel His heat warming ; in the water, His gentleness to refresh you : He it is that comforts your spirit when you have taken cordials ; it is the dew of heaven that makes your field give you bread, and the breasts of God are the bottles that minister drink to your necessities.