Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry, 2. köideB. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G. G. & J. Robinson, T. Cadell [and 31 others in London], 1797 - 1120 pages |
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Page 615
... able to our future expectations . And what is this ? That our own total indo- lence hath been the cause of all our pre- fent difficulties . For were we thus dif- treffed , in spite of every vigorous effort which the honour of our state ...
... able to our future expectations . And what is this ? That our own total indo- lence hath been the cause of all our pre- fent difficulties . For were we thus dif- treffed , in spite of every vigorous effort which the honour of our state ...
Page 616
... able juncture , to make a defcent upon his own coafts . These then are the refolutions I pro- pofe ; these the provifions it will become you to make . And I pronounce it still farther neceffary to raise fome other forces which may ...
... able juncture , to make a defcent upon his own coafts . These then are the refolutions I pro- pofe ; these the provifions it will become you to make . And I pronounce it still farther neceffary to raise fome other forces which may ...
Page 617
... able to meet him in the open field ; but we muft harrafs him by depredations : thus the war must be car- ried on at firft . We therefore cannot think of raising a prodigious army ( for fuch we have neither pay nor provifions ) , nor ...
... able to meet him in the open field ; but we muft harrafs him by depredations : thus the war must be car- ried on at firft . We therefore cannot think of raising a prodigious army ( for fuch we have neither pay nor provifions ) , nor ...
Page 630
... able to our wishes , yet he would acknow- ledge that we had been highly favoured by them ; and with great reafon : for that many places have been loft in the course of war , is truly to be charged to our own weak conduct . But that the ...
... able to our wishes , yet he would acknow- ledge that we had been highly favoured by them ; and with great reafon : for that many places have been loft in the course of war , is truly to be charged to our own weak conduct . But that the ...
Page 632
... able to defend their own country , without your affiftance . Will any others ? " But , Sir , " cries fome one , " he would " make no fuch attempt . " - This would be the greatest of abfurdities ; not to exe- cute thofe threats , when he ...
... able to defend their own country , without your affiftance . Will any others ? " But , Sir , " cries fome one , " he would " make no fuch attempt . " - This would be the greatest of abfurdities ; not to exe- cute thofe threats , when he ...
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Page 691 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Page 791 - When I went up, continued the corporal, into the lieutenant's room, which I did not do till the expiration of the ten minutes, he was lying in his bed, with his head raised upon his hand, with his elbow upon the pillow, and a clean white cambric handkerchief beside it.
Page 1041 - The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and Little strokes fell great oaks...
Page 884 - ... whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident at first ; or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same...
Page 698 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear : believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe : censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 791 - Scripture, said my uncle Toby; and I will shew it thee to-morrow: In the mean time we may depend upon it, Trim, for our comfort, said my uncle Toby, that God Almighty is so good and just a governor of the world, that if we have but done our duties in it, — it will never be enquired into, whether we have done them in a red coat or a black one: I hope not; said the corporal But go on, Trim, said my uncle Toby, with thy story.
Page 842 - To make an Episode. Take any remaining adventure of your former collection in which you could no way involve your hero, or any unfortunate accident that was too good to be thrown away, and it will be of use applied to any other person, who may be lost and evaporate in the course of the work without the least damage to the composition.
Page 698 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 789 - I will answer for thee, cried my uncle Toby : and thou shalt drink the poor gentleman's health in a glass of sack thyself, — and take a couple of bottles with my service, and tell him he is heartily welcome to them, and to a dozen more, if they will do him good. Though I am persuaded...
Page 1022 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.