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adjective adnouns adverb alfo auxiliary verb becauſe beloond buitenplaats cafe coufin daar Dat gij defire despifed diverted dutch dutch language eene eenen expresfed fame fecond feen feven feveral fhall fhort fhould fignification fingular fister fome fpeak fubftantives fyllable gaan garden gehad geleerd geweest geworden Gij zoudt Gij zult haar hebben Hij heeft Hij zal himſelf houfe iemand imperative mood imperf imperfect tenfe Indicative mood infinitive mood kinderen Laat learned leeren meer mijne minder myſelf neuter niet nouns Onder one's felf ourſelves paard partic pasf pasfion perf perfon phrafes Pluperfect plural pref Prefent tenfe prepofition preter ſpeak Tegenwoordige tijd tenſe thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Thou tuin ufed uſed vader veel verbs verledene tijd vermaakt volmaakt vrouw waar welke Wij zouden Wij zullen word zeer zelven zich Zij zijn zijn zuster
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Page 390 - ... they were never able to acquire any undue ascendant over her. In her family, in her court, in her kingdom, she remained equally mistress. The force of the tender passions was great over her, but the force of her mind was still superior...
Page 389 - A conduct less rigorous, less imperious, more sincere, more indulgent to her people, would have been requisite to form a perfect character. By the force of her mind, she controlled all her more active and stronger qualities, and prevented them from running into excess : Her heroism was exempt from temerity, her frugality from avarice, her friendship from partiality, her active temper from turbulency and a vain ambition...
Page 391 - THE fame of this princess, though it has surmounted the prejudices both of faction and bigotry, yet lies still exposed to another prejudice, which is more durable because more natural, and which...
Page 391 - ... some more softness of disposition, some greater lenity of temper, some of those amiable weaknesses by which her sex is distinguished.
Page 388 - The unusual length of her administration, and the strong features of her character, were able to overcome all prejudices ; and obliging her detractors to abate much of their invectives, and her admirers somewhat of their panegyrics, have at last, in spite of political factions, and, what is more, of religious animosities, produced a uniform judgment with regard to her conduct.
Page 371 - Such men, like timorous deer that escaped out of the hunter's toils, will ever be upon the alarm and ready to fly.' The Senate, greatly affected with his disinterestedness, magnanimity, and contempt of life, would willingly have preserved him, and continued the war in Africa. Some were of...
Page 389 - HER singular talents for government were founded equally on her temper and on her capacity. Endowed with a great command over herself, she soon obtained an uncontrolled ascendant over her people...
Page 371 - to return to Carthage; let the gods take care of the rest.' This intrepidity made the Senate still more desirous of saving such a hero.
Page 344 - WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.
Page 383 - ... of his country. And nothing could have induced or enabled his people to bear the load of taxes with which they were encumbered in his reign, but the love and admiration of his person, the fame of his victories, and the excellent laws and regulations which the parliament enacted with his advice and concurrence.