The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres: Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetoric, History, Moral Philosophy, Physics, & C. ...W.J. and J. Richardson, J. Walker, 1803 - Education |
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Page 85
... authority is M. de Tourreil , who had studied Demosthenes long enough to discover his cha- racter , and the genius of his writings . " I allow , says 66 66 66 he , that we do not find in Eschines that air of rec- " titude , that ...
... authority is M. de Tourreil , who had studied Demosthenes long enough to discover his cha- racter , and the genius of his writings . " I allow , says 66 66 66 he , that we do not find in Eschines that air of rec- " titude , that ...
Page 101
... authority to his discourse . [ q ] In Scauri oratione , sapientis hominis & recti , gravitas summa & naturalis quædam inerat auctoritas : non ut causam , sed ut testimonium dicere putares , cùm pro reo diceret . Hoc dicendi genus ad ...
... authority to his discourse . [ q ] In Scauri oratione , sapientis hominis & recti , gravitas summa & naturalis quædam inerat auctoritas : non ut causam , sed ut testimonium dicere putares , cùm pro reo diceret . Hoc dicendi genus ad ...
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... authority of the Divine Word he had preached to them , they would yield to the chastisements , which he did not doubt God would inflict upon them in this world , to prevent their being damned in the other . He spoke this in so affecting ...
... authority of the Divine Word he had preached to them , they would yield to the chastisements , which he did not doubt God would inflict upon them in this world , to prevent their being damned in the other . He spoke this in so affecting ...
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... authority ; because every man , at the same time that he has an idea of the Deity , has na- turally a veneration for him . Besides , these truths take much deeper root in the mind , when they are joined with some passages of Scripture ...
... authority ; because every man , at the same time that he has an idea of the Deity , has na- turally a veneration for him . Besides , these truths take much deeper root in the mind , when they are joined with some passages of Scripture ...
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... authority they could never have had for themselves , by enforcing [ Quanto se pauperiorem cernit priis verbis minor erat , magnorum in suis tanto eum oportet in istis testimonio quodammodo crescat . esse ditiorem : ut quod dixerit suis ...
... authority they could never have had for themselves , by enforcing [ Quanto se pauperiorem cernit priis verbis minor erat , magnorum in suis tanto eum oportet in istis testimonio quodammodo crescat . esse ditiorem : ut quod dixerit suis ...
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Page 358 - This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron 5 and part of clay.
Page 191 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 204 - Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Page 358 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors ; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 202 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 348 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 219 - For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Page 165 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 203 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 165 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery (italics mine), which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God...