Hints Towards Forming the Character of a Young Princess ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805 - 330 páginas |
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... King himself , was yet , in the beauti- ful work which he compofed for the use of his Royal Pupil , driven to the neceffity of couching his inftructions under a fictitious narrative , and of fheltering behind the veil of fable , the ...
... King himself , was yet , in the beauti- ful work which he compofed for the use of his Royal Pupil , driven to the neceffity of couching his inftructions under a fictitious narrative , and of fheltering behind the veil of fable , the ...
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... who , in sketching the character , and shadowing out the duties of a patriot King , have no occafion to turn their eyes from their own country to the thrones of Ithaca or Salentum , ERRATA . Page 25 , line four from bottom , PREFACE . XV.
... who , in sketching the character , and shadowing out the duties of a patriot King , have no occafion to turn their eyes from their own country to the thrones of Ithaca or Salentum , ERRATA . Page 25 , line four from bottom , PREFACE . XV.
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... King John - Henry VII . - 162 CHAP . X. Queen Elizabeth . - 177 CHAP . XI . Moral Advantages to be drawn from the Study of Hiftory , independent of the Examples it exhibits . It proves the Corruption of Human Nature . It demonftrates ...
... King John - Henry VII . - 162 CHAP . X. Queen Elizabeth . - 177 CHAP . XI . Moral Advantages to be drawn from the Study of Hiftory , independent of the Examples it exhibits . It proves the Corruption of Human Nature . It demonftrates ...
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... king of Spain , was compen , fation little enough for his being fometimes obliged to hear his majesty play . Yet this would be a far lefs evil than that to which excellence might lead . We can think of few things more to be deprecated ...
... king of Spain , was compen , fation little enough for his being fometimes obliged to hear his majesty play . Yet this would be a far lefs evil than that to which excellence might lead . We can think of few things more to be deprecated ...
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... kings . As to these inferior accomplishments , is it not defirable , and is it not fufficient that a fovereign fhould poffefs that general know- ledge and tafte which give the power of difcriminating excellence , fo as judiciously to ...
... kings . As to these inferior accomplishments , is it not defirable , and is it not fufficient that a fovereign fhould poffefs that general know- ledge and tafte which give the power of difcriminating excellence , fo as judiciously to ...
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Página 239 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing, as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it...
Página 259 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Página 240 - Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes...
Página 240 - Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Página 217 - By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Página 95 - ... a noble exception. In no country has decency and purity, and, to the disgrace of Christian countries, let it be added, have morality, and even piety, been so generally prevalent in any theatrical compositions, as in what her lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or Iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence.
Página 253 - But what philosopher, before him, after such a lesson to his pupils, could have dared to add the words which immediately follow? "The things which ye have both learned and received, and heard, and seen in me, do, and the God of peace shall be with you.
Página 247 - Whofoever drinketh of the water that I fliall give him, fhall never thirft ; but the water that I fhall give him, fhall be in him a well of water fpringing up into everlafting life.
Página 254 - ... a peace which passeth all understanding;" "a wisdom pure and peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality,