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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第 viii 頁
... success . P. 12-46 . CHAP . II . THE SUBJECT CONTINUED . Reasons why the doctrines and precepts of christianity have been attacked by infidels of all ages . Their cavils shown to be weak , and their arguments proved to be inconclusive ...
... success . P. 12-46 . CHAP . II . THE SUBJECT CONTINUED . Reasons why the doctrines and precepts of christianity have been attacked by infidels of all ages . Their cavils shown to be weak , and their arguments proved to be inconclusive ...
第 5 頁
... success . Every one must allow , that all systems of educa- tion , if constituted upon right principles , should be well adapted to the situations of those , for whose ser- vice they are intended . In selecting the topics of the ...
... success . Every one must allow , that all systems of educa- tion , if constituted upon right principles , should be well adapted to the situations of those , for whose ser- vice they are intended . In selecting the topics of the ...
第 44 頁
... success of the former , he proves the divine origin af their religion . This argument is fully stated , and urged with peculiar strength and perspicuity , vol . iii , p . 50 , sec . 2 . of their countrymen , for their attachment to ...
... success of the former , he proves the divine origin af their religion . This argument is fully stated , and urged with peculiar strength and perspicuity , vol . iii , p . 50 , sec . 2 . of their countrymen , for their attachment to ...
第 67 頁
... successful , and to many fatal . Happy the few that in any part of life become sensible of their errors , and with painful resolution tread back the wrong steps , which they have taken ! But happiest of men is he , who by an even course ...
... successful , and to many fatal . Happy the few that in any part of life become sensible of their errors , and with painful resolution tread back the wrong steps , which they have taken ! But happiest of men is he , who by an even course ...
第 81 頁
... , p . 306 , edit . Gronov . Taciti Ann . 1. xi . Plinii Nat . Hist . 1. vii , c . Iviii . Goguet's Origin of Laws , v . i , p . 177 . In proportion as the Goths made more successful and extensive LANGUAGE IN GENERAL . 81.
... , p . 306 , edit . Gronov . Taciti Ann . 1. xi . Plinii Nat . Hist . 1. vii , c . Iviii . Goguet's Origin of Laws , v . i , p . 177 . In proportion as the Goths made more successful and extensive LANGUAGE IN GENERAL . 81.
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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.