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'.J. Johnson, 1801 |
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Pàgina 616
... fortune , who hath ever been more care- ful of the ftate than we ourselves , now re- peat her favours ( and may the thus crown them ! ) be affured of this , that by being on the spot , ready to take advantage of the confufion , you will ...
... fortune , who hath ever been more care- ful of the ftate than we ourselves , now re- peat her favours ( and may the thus crown them ! ) be affured of this , that by being on the spot , ready to take advantage of the confufion , you will ...
Pàgina 621
... fortune hath provided for us . To begin on this occafion with a difplay of Philip's power , or to prefs you to exert your vigour , by motives drawn from hence , is , in my opinion , quite improper . And why ? Because whatever may be ...
... fortune hath provided for us . To begin on this occafion with a difplay of Philip's power , or to prefs you to exert your vigour , by motives drawn from hence , is , in my opinion , quite improper . And why ? Because whatever may be ...
Pàgina 623
... fortune , concludes that he must prove a formidable enemy ; fuch reasoning is not unworthy a man of pru- dence . Fortune hath great influence , nay , the whole influence , in all human affairs : but then , were I to chufe , I should ...
... fortune , concludes that he must prove a formidable enemy ; fuch reasoning is not unworthy a man of pru- dence . Fortune hath great influence , nay , the whole influence , in all human affairs : but then , were I to chufe , I should ...
Pàgina 624
... fortune ; that all fhould take the field in their turns , until all have ferved ; that whoever appears in this place , fhould be allowed to fpeak : and that , when you give your voices , your true interest only fhould determine you ...
... fortune ; that all fhould take the field in their turns , until all have ferved ; that whoever appears in this place , fhould be allowed to fpeak : and that , when you give your voices , your true interest only fhould determine you ...
Pàgina 625
... fortune . It was agreed , that we should , by all means , en- gage this people in a war with him : and now , what we all fo earnestly defired , is effected : the manner is of no moment . What then remains for us , Athenians , but to ...
... fortune . It was agreed , that we should , by all means , en- gage this people in a war with him : and now , what we all fo earnestly defired , is effected : the manner is of no moment . What then remains for us , Athenians , but to ...
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