The British Prose Writers, 17. sējumsJ. Sharpe, 1821 |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 28.
36. lappuse
... Romans ; but he is no scholar in practice , till he can express his own sen- timents in a good style , and speak them in a proper manner . A mathematician understands the ra- tionale of musical sounds ; but the musician , who charms the ...
... Romans ; but he is no scholar in practice , till he can express his own sen- timents in a good style , and speak them in a proper manner . A mathematician understands the ra- tionale of musical sounds ; but the musician , who charms the ...
40. lappuse
... Romans ; the conversation of the Jews with the man that was born blind - are all excellent to teach propriety and force of expres- sion . Some of the Night Thoughts of Dr. Young are so difficult , that they cannot be expressed with- out ...
... Romans ; the conversation of the Jews with the man that was born blind - are all excellent to teach propriety and force of expres- sion . Some of the Night Thoughts of Dr. Young are so difficult , that they cannot be expressed with- out ...
42. lappuse
... Roman extraction . You cannot imagine how the sense of any discourse is weakened by superfluous words , unnecessary epithets , and far - fetched expressions . Nothing but pedantry and affectation can tempt you to use debility instead of ...
... Roman extraction . You cannot imagine how the sense of any discourse is weakened by superfluous words , unnecessary epithets , and far - fetched expressions . Nothing but pedantry and affectation can tempt you to use debility instead of ...
47. lappuse
... Romans accounted all nations barbarians but themselves ; therefore , to speak barbarous Latin , is to speak in that lan- Iguage with the idiom peculiar to the language of some other nation . According to the idiom of the English ...
... Romans accounted all nations barbarians but themselves ; therefore , to speak barbarous Latin , is to speak in that lan- Iguage with the idiom peculiar to the language of some other nation . According to the idiom of the English ...
65. lappuse
... Romans . Suidas says , the fable of the Eagle and Nightin- gale in Hesiod is the oldest extant , and that Hesiod was a hundred years before Æsop . The use of fa- bles to orators is exemplified from the well - known instance of Menenius ...
... Romans . Suidas says , the fable of the Eagle and Nightin- gale in Hesiod is the oldest extant , and that Hesiod was a hundred years before Æsop . The use of fa- bles to orators is exemplified from the well - known instance of Menenius ...
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Populāri fragmenti
49. lappuse - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
65. lappuse - Again, * Some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction : but in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants. If thou be brought low, he will be against thee, and hide himself from thy face.
76. lappuse - And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
65. lappuse - ... trouble. And there is a friend, who being turned to enmity and strife will discover thy reproach. Again, some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction; but in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants.
105. lappuse - I could, and discover the causes of the distemper ; but it is easier to say what it is not, than what it is.
38. lappuse - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
28. lappuse - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
49. lappuse - So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air.
45. lappuse - Parent, and particularly those who seek to do his will : " all our delight will be in the saints that are in the earth, and in such as excel in virtue." We shall wish to cultivate good-will, and to promote innocent enjoyment, wherever we are : we shall strive to please, not from vanity, but from benevolence.
25. lappuse - There are many very striking prophecies of the Messiah, in these divine songs; particularly in Psalm xxii: such may be found scattered up and down almost throughout the Old Testament. To bear testimony to him is the great and ultimate end, for which the spirit of prophecy was bestowed on the sacred writers : — but this will appear more plainly to you, when you enter on the study of prophecy, which you are now much too young to undertake.