Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science. Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities, and the Higher Classes in Schools, 第 1 卷Printed at the Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, Philadelphia, and J. A. Cummings, Boston, 1805 |
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... distinguished by good sense . Taste is capable of high cultivation . Its proper limits and standard . Individuals , as well as nations , improve their taste , in proportion to the pro- gress of knowledge and refinement . P. 148-168 ...
... distinguished by good sense . Taste is capable of high cultivation . Its proper limits and standard . Individuals , as well as nations , improve their taste , in proportion to the pro- gress of knowledge and refinement . P. 148-168 ...
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... distinguished by the actions of the ancients . He views the ancient and modern specimens of the fine arts : architecture , sculpture , medals , pictures , books . He investi . gates the state of government , religion , commerce ...
... distinguished by the actions of the ancients . He views the ancient and modern specimens of the fine arts : architecture , sculpture , medals , pictures , books . He investi . gates the state of government , religion , commerce ...
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... distinguished by genius , taste , learning , and science . And as language should be considered not merely as a channel to convey our thoughts upon common oc- casions , but as capable of ornament to please , and of energy to persuade ...
... distinguished by genius , taste , learning , and science . And as language should be considered not merely as a channel to convey our thoughts upon common oc- casions , but as capable of ornament to please , and of energy to persuade ...
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... distinguished as he was by every moral and intellectual quality , must necessarily make his testimo- ny concerning himself perfectly credible . The posi tive and direct proofs of his divine mission are equally founded upon the ...
... distinguished as he was by every moral and intellectual quality , must necessarily make his testimo- ny concerning himself perfectly credible . The posi tive and direct proofs of his divine mission are equally founded upon the ...
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... distinguished general in the early part of the last Jewish war , has given a particular and exact confir- mation of every circumstance . With singular care he See " History the Interpreter of Prophecy , " 4th Edit . for the illustration ...
... distinguished general in the early part of the last Jewish war , has given a particular and exact confir- mation of every circumstance . With singular care he See " History the Interpreter of Prophecy , " 4th Edit . for the illustration ...
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第 38 頁 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
第 91 頁 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
第 318 頁 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
第 109 頁 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
第 23 頁 - Go to your natural religion : lay before her Mahomet and his disciples arrayed in armour and in blood, riding in triumph over the spoils of thousands and tens of thousands, who fell by his victorious sword : shew her the cities which...
第 222 頁 - and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and * finer strains both of Poetry and Eloquence, than can be' collected from * all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been composed.
第 117 頁 - Dryden saw very early that closeness best preserved an author's sense, and that freedom best exhibited his spirit ; he therefore will deserve the highest praise, who can give a representation at once faithful and pleasing, who can convey the same thoughts with the same graces, and who, when he translates changes nothing but the language.
第 371 頁 - Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
第 209 頁 - We believe in God, and that which hath been sent down unto us, and that which hath been sent down unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which was delivered unto Moses and Jesus, and that which was delivered unto the prophets from their Lord : we make no distinction between any of them...
第 91 頁 - Then maids and youths shall linger here, And while its sounds at distance swell, Shall sadly seem in Pity's ear To hear the woodland pilgrim's knell. Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar To bid his gentle spirit rest...