Selections from English prose writers, for translation into Greek and Latin [signed H.W.P.].Henry Wright Phillott 1849 |
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... whole , best suited to the wants of those who wish to direct the attention of pupils to particular styles . He has also preferred giving real English prose , to prose English adapted or translated for the express purpose of being ...
... whole , best suited to the wants of those who wish to direct the attention of pupils to particular styles . He has also preferred giving real English prose , to prose English adapted or translated for the express purpose of being ...
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... whole monarchy of the world . And not as poets say ; which do confound our wits by their follies , and fond feignings , and are also contrary to themselves ; con- sidering that they call heaven ( which containeth the gods ) the ...
... whole monarchy of the world . And not as poets say ; which do confound our wits by their follies , and fond feignings , and are also contrary to themselves ; con- sidering that they call heaven ( which containeth the gods ) the ...
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... whole nation , or great part of it , forsaking their own seats , labour to root out the established posses- sions of another land , making room for themselves , their wives and children . They that fight for the mastery 16 SIR WALTER ...
... whole nation , or great part of it , forsaking their own seats , labour to root out the established posses- sions of another land , making room for themselves , their wives and children . They that fight for the mastery 16 SIR WALTER ...
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... whole months in the heat of summer ( which in Italy is very great ) , receiving not any hurt or inconvenience thereby so great is the power and efficacy of that temperance which ever accompanied me . These are the delights and solaces ...
... whole months in the heat of summer ( which in Italy is very great ) , receiving not any hurt or inconvenience thereby so great is the power and efficacy of that temperance which ever accompanied me . These are the delights and solaces ...
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... whole army singing the song of Rowland , the remembrance of whose exploits might hearten then , imploring lastly divine help , the battle began ; and was fought sorely on either side : but the main body of English foot by no means would ...
... whole army singing the song of Rowland , the remembrance of whose exploits might hearten then , imploring lastly divine help , the battle began ; and was fought sorely on either side : but the main body of English foot by no means would ...
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Page 98 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
Page 160 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 24 - The use of this Feigned History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it; the world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things.
Page 83 - On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after having washed myself and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.
Page 80 - Some of them could not refrain from tears at the sight of their old master ; every one of them pressed forward to do something for him, and seemed discouraged if they were not employed.
Page 124 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Page 86 - I directed my sight as I was ordered, and {whether or no the good Genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Page 14 - Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of His Name, yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know Him, not indeed as He is, neither can know Him; and our safest eloquence concerning Him is our silence, when we confess without confession that His 'glory is inexplicable, His greatness above our capacity and reach.
Page 86 - those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among VoL. I.— 15 many other feathered creatures several little winged boys that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Page 40 - Falkland, a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed civil war than that single loss, i" must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.