The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant: Being a Collection of Select Pieces from Our Best Modern Writers ...S. Green., 1802 - 275 pages |
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... virtue a delicate name in the tragedy of Cato , where the character of Marcia is first opened to us . I would have all ladies who have a mind to be thought well bred , to think fe- riously on this virtue , which he fo beautifully calls ...
... virtue a delicate name in the tragedy of Cato , where the character of Marcia is first opened to us . I would have all ladies who have a mind to be thought well bred , to think fe- riously on this virtue , which he fo beautifully calls ...
Page 164
... virtue could not eafily cenfent to gratify ; but virtue is not to be confulted when men are to raife their fortunes by the favor of the great . His measures were censured ; I wrote in his defence , and was recompenfed with a place , of ...
... virtue could not eafily cenfent to gratify ; but virtue is not to be confulted when men are to raife their fortunes by the favor of the great . His measures were censured ; I wrote in his defence , and was recompenfed with a place , of ...
Page 187
... virtue to virtue , and know- ledge to knowledge ; carries in it fomething wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind- of man . Nay , it must be a profpect pleafing to God himself , to fee his creation for ever ...
... virtue to virtue , and know- ledge to knowledge ; carries in it fomething wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind- of man . Nay , it must be a profpect pleafing to God himself , to fee his creation for ever ...
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Be not ahmed to refufe P | 221 |
Drinking of Healths ibid | 227 |
Being witty at anothers Expence | 233 |
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