The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning are Laid Down in a Way Most Suitable for Trying the Genius, and Advancing the Instruction of Youth. In Twelve Parts. Illustrated with Maps and Useful Cuts, Volumen1R. and J. Dodsley, 1758 |
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... several Faults of Pronunciation are these fol- lowing . 1. When the Voice is too loud . This is very difagreeable to the Hearer , and very inconve- nient to the Speaker . This contains the Subftance of a late excellent Effay on ...
... several Faults of Pronunciation are these fol- lowing . 1. When the Voice is too loud . This is very difagreeable to the Hearer , and very inconve- nient to the Speaker . This contains the Subftance of a late excellent Effay on ...
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... several Places with much Violence , which the Darkness of the Night contributed to render ftill more visible and dreadful . But my Uncle , in order to footh the Apprehenfions of his Friend , af- fured him it was only the burning of the ...
... several Places with much Violence , which the Darkness of the Night contributed to render ftill more visible and dreadful . But my Uncle , in order to footh the Apprehenfions of his Friend , af- fured him it was only the burning of the ...
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... several Times . 356 17 06 Borrowed in all 999 07 001 429 11 08/1 212 17 10 Paid 519 18 09 Is Rem . 479 08 02 Proof 999 07 001 4 MULTIPLICATION S the Act , or Art of multiplying one Number by another , to find the Product ...
... several Times . 356 17 06 Borrowed in all 999 07 001 429 11 08/1 212 17 10 Paid 519 18 09 Is Rem . 479 08 02 Proof 999 07 001 4 MULTIPLICATION S the Act , or Art of multiplying one Number by another , to find the Product ...
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... several Numbers by one common Divifor ( as in the calculating of Tables , & c . ) that you may know exactly at once how often your Divifor will go , in fome convenient Corner make a Table of your Divifor , by multiply- ing it feverally ...
... several Numbers by one common Divifor ( as in the calculating of Tables , & c . ) that you may know exactly at once how often your Divifor will go , in fome convenient Corner make a Table of your Divifor , by multiply- ing it feverally ...
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... several Nations on the Face of the Earth . 2 Continents . M. The Earth is ufually divided into the Eastern and Weftern Continents , or into the old and new World . That on the right Hand in a Map of the World is ftiled the Eastern ...
... several Nations on the Face of the Earth . 2 Continents . M. The Earth is ufually divided into the Eastern and Weftern Continents , or into the old and new World . That on the right Hand in a Map of the World is ftiled the Eastern ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 63 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Página 56 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 63 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Página 62 - Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered, — We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here; And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Página 56 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, "Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly * death itself awakes...
Página 59 - Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding— which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
Página 65 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 61 - My cousin Westmoreland ? No, my fair cousin. If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
Página 63 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Página 92 - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.