Beauties of History; Or, Pictures of Virtue and ViceMozley, 1808 |
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第 iv 頁
... examples , or , what is nearest to those pictures , genuine copies of manners , that it may learn easily to separate between the fair and harmonious , and the deformed and dissonant . Thus I would select from history , sacred and ...
... examples , or , what is nearest to those pictures , genuine copies of manners , that it may learn easily to separate between the fair and harmonious , and the deformed and dissonant . Thus I would select from history , sacred and ...
第 v 頁
... examples of the great men of anti- quity , to the false principles and ill examples which mislead the greatest part of ... example ; " and Montaigne , at the conclu- sion of his chapter on three good women , adds , " These are my three ...
... examples of the great men of anti- quity , to the false principles and ill examples which mislead the greatest part of ... example ; " and Montaigne , at the conclu- sion of his chapter on three good women , adds , " These are my three ...
第 vi 頁
... example are also drawn from the best authors . Where the expres- sion seemed capable of amendment , it has been attempt- ed , and maxims are added , where other writers did not furnish them ; and if they can escape without censure in ...
... example are also drawn from the best authors . Where the expres- sion seemed capable of amendment , it has been attempt- ed , and maxims are added , where other writers did not furnish them ; and if they can escape without censure in ...
第 vii 頁
... EXAMPLES . IN Zeleucus prince of the Locrians Solon the philosopher Agesilaus king of Sparta Gorgus , a wealthy citizen of Mulgeatum Cornelia , the mother of the Gracchi Cato Augustus Page 1 5 5 7 8 9 . 11 12 13 . 18 13 14 14 .... 15 16 ...
... EXAMPLES . IN Zeleucus prince of the Locrians Solon the philosopher Agesilaus king of Sparta Gorgus , a wealthy citizen of Mulgeatum Cornelia , the mother of the Gracchi Cato Augustus Page 1 5 5 7 8 9 . 11 12 13 . 18 13 14 14 .... 15 16 ...
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... example 29 Servilia to her father Soranus A singular example related by V. Maximus Xantippe to Cimonus , with reflections Character of a good son AFFECTION , FRATERNAL . 29 30 30 31 SENTIMENTS . EXAMPLES . IN the noble contention of two ...
... example 29 Servilia to her father Soranus A singular example related by V. Maximus Xantippe to Cimonus , with reflections Character of a good son AFFECTION , FRATERNAL . 29 30 30 31 SENTIMENTS . EXAMPLES . IN the noble contention of two ...
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admiration affection Agesistrata Alexander ambition Antigonus army Artabazanes Astyages beauty body brother Brutus Carthaginians Cassander Clitus command conduct consul courage court cried Croesus crown cruel cruelty Cyrus Damophilus Darius daughter death desired endeavoured enemy Epaminondas esteem example Falisci father favour force fortune friendship Gauls gave give glory gods Greece hands happy hath heart HIST honour human hundred husband Julius Cæsar king king's kingdom lady laws Leonidas liberty lives lord Lysimachus Macedon manner master ment mind mother nature never noble obliged occasion officers parents passion Persians person Phocion pleasure PLUT Plutarch Polybius present prince prisoners punishment queen regard Roman Rome says Scipio senate sent SENTIMENTS slaves soldiers Solon soon suffer Tarquinii tears tenderness ther thing thou thought thousand Thrasybulus throne tion took troops tyrant victory virtue whole wife word XENOPH Xerxes young youth
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第 183 頁 - And it is pity that commonly more care is had, yea, and that amongst very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.
第 14 頁 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
第 56 頁 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
第 188 頁 - Train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
第 240 頁 - Pale, cold, and half speechless in the arms of his Damon, Pythias replied in broken accents, " Fatal haste ! — Cruel impatience! — What envious powers have wrought impossibilities in your favour? But I will not be wholly disappointed. Since I cannot die to save, I will not survive you.
第 227 頁 - They were accompanied by three hundred and sixty five youths, agreeable to the number of days in a year, clothed in purple robes. Afterwards came a chariot consecrated to Jupiter/ drawn by white horses, and followed by a courser of a prodigious size, to whom they gave the name of the sun's horse ; and the equerries were dressed in white, each...
第 152 頁 - ... assured the pope that all was transacted by the express will and command of the king, it was immediately decreed that the pope should march with his cardinals to the church of St. Mark, and in the most solemn manner give thanks to God for so great a blessing conferred on the See of Rome, and the Christian world...
第 275 頁 - Then accosting the Spaniard, he said, " Christian, the person you have killed is my son : his body is now in my house. You ought to suffer ; but you have eaten with me, and I have given you my faith, which must not be broken.
第 273 頁 - Good unexpected, evils unforeseen, Appear by turns, as fortune shifts the scene: Some, rais'd aloft, come tumbling down amain; Then fall so hard, they bound and rise again.
第 238 頁 - This the tyrant intended peremptorily to refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible conditions of his procuring some one to remain as hostage for his return, under equal forfeiture of life. Pythias heard the conditions, and did not wait for an application upon the part of Damon : he instantly offered himself as security for his friend; which being accepted, Damon was immediately set at liberty.