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, 1805 |
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... Lan- guage I am indebted principally to my own observa- tions upon its nature and comparative merits ; the History of Chivalry , important as the influence of that remarkable institution has been upon manners , is a subject.
... Lan- guage I am indebted principally to my own observa- tions upon its nature and comparative merits ; the History of Chivalry , important as the influence of that remarkable institution has been upon manners , is a subject.
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... important relations in which they stand to society , has sug- gested the choice of the following subjects . The pursuit of them , carried to such an extent as is compatible with due atten- tion to professional studies , is calculated to ...
... important relations in which they stand to society , has sug- gested the choice of the following subjects . The pursuit of them , carried to such an extent as is compatible with due atten- tion to professional studies , is calculated to ...
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... important branches , I. The history of the Jews . II . Of Greece . III . Of Rome . IV . Of Modern Europe . V. Of England . Statistics , biography , and the letters of emi- nent persons , are highly useful and pleasing in an historical ...
... important branches , I. The history of the Jews . II . Of Greece . III . Of Rome . IV . Of Modern Europe . V. Of England . Statistics , biography , and the letters of emi- nent persons , are highly useful and pleasing in an historical ...
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... importance by distin- guished persons both in ancient and modern times . Eminent writers upon the subject : Hesiod , Xenophon , & c . It has been most flourishing in the soil of liberty . Gradually improved as old errors have been ...
... importance by distin- guished persons both in ancient and modern times . Eminent writers upon the subject : Hesiod , Xenophon , & c . It has been most flourishing in the soil of liberty . Gradually improved as old errors have been ...
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... that close attention to a profession- al study is an affair of the first importance , but that invariable and exclusive application to any one pursuit is the certain mark of a contracted education . For THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 3.
... that close attention to a profession- al study is an affair of the first importance , but that invariable and exclusive application to any one pursuit is the certain mark of a contracted education . For THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . 3.
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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 23 頁 - ... her the cities which he set in flames, the countries which he ravaged and destroyed, and the miserable distress of all the inhabitants of the earth.
第 31 頁 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
第 379 頁 - Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend head. Then sculpture and her sister-arts revive ; 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 119 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 228 頁 - I have regularly and attentively perused 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 of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
第 214 頁 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.