The Prose epitome; or, Extracts, elegant, instructive, and entertaining: abridged from the larger volume: intended to assist in introducing scholars at classical and other schools, to an acquaintance with useful and ornamental knowledge..Messrs. Rivingtons, Longman, 1792 - 456 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 62
עמוד 50
... reign of Tibe- rius . " Pliny's teftimony is more large . It is contained in a letter , written to the emperor Trajan , defiring his inftructions with regard to chriftians . He blames their obftinacy in refusing to facrifice to the ...
... reign of Tibe- rius . " Pliny's teftimony is more large . It is contained in a letter , written to the emperor Trajan , defiring his inftructions with regard to chriftians . He blames their obftinacy in refusing to facrifice to the ...
עמוד 63
... reign fulnefs the wrath of God , poured without mixture of joy and pleafures for evermore - that the into the cup of his indignation - where they righteous fhall have an inheritance incorrupti- fhall have no reft , neither by day nor ...
... reign fulnefs the wrath of God , poured without mixture of joy and pleafures for evermore - that the into the cup of his indignation - where they righteous fhall have an inheritance incorrupti- fhall have no reft , neither by day nor ...
עמוד 132
... reign under Numa , a prince , who pretended to converfe with the Mufes as well as with Egeria ; and who might poffibly himself have made the verfes which the Salian priests fung in his time . Pythagoras , either in the fame reign , or ...
... reign under Numa , a prince , who pretended to converfe with the Mufes as well as with Egeria ; and who might poffibly himself have made the verfes which the Salian priests fung in his time . Pythagoras , either in the fame reign , or ...
עמוד 139
... reign there of fome one perfon or another ; and might for ever ; and that the Romans , under them , probably , on any new revolution , have fallen were to obtain the monarchy of the world . into the hands of fome one lefs mild and in ...
... reign there of fome one perfon or another ; and might for ever ; and that the Romans , under them , probably , on any new revolution , have fallen were to obtain the monarchy of the world . into the hands of fome one lefs mild and in ...
עמוד 142
... reign of Tiberius , deferves , on all accounts , to be reckoned among the works of the Auguftan age . Fabula fopee , was probably the title which he gave his fables . | He profeffedly follows Efop in them ; and declares , that he keeps ...
... reign of Tiberius , deferves , on all accounts , to be reckoned among the works of the Auguftan age . Fabula fopee , was probably the title which he gave his fables . | He profeffedly follows Efop in them ; and declares , that he keeps ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 3 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
עמוד 1 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and, taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
עמוד 70 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea ; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
עמוד 249 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
עמוד 36 - Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of Good, and Father of Mercies.
עמוד 365 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'Tis day, and will never be night...
עמוד 1 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
עמוד 36 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
עמוד 1 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
עמוד 338 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...