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, Volume 1Printed at the Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, Philadelphia, 1805 - Literature |
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... light from every quarter which my reading would afford . My references will show the sources from which I have de- rived my principal information ; but it would be al- most an endless , and perhaps a very ostentatious task , to ...
... light from every quarter which my reading would afford . My references will show the sources from which I have de- rived my principal information ; but it would be al- most an endless , and perhaps a very ostentatious task , to ...
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... light of general information and useful truth ; I shall have the satisfaction to reflect that my time has not been sacrificed to a frivolous purpose by thus endeavouring , in conformity with the occupations of the most valuable portion ...
... light of general information and useful truth ; I shall have the satisfaction to reflect that my time has not been sacrificed to a frivolous purpose by thus endeavouring , in conformity with the occupations of the most valuable portion ...
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... lights of history . Coins , medals , and laws , furnish it with strong auxi- liary evidences . P. 171-196 . CHAP . II . THE SUBJECT CONTINUED . Comparison between ancient and modern historians . Sketch of a complete writer of history ...
... lights of history . Coins , medals , and laws , furnish it with strong auxi- liary evidences . P. 171-196 . CHAP . II . THE SUBJECT CONTINUED . Comparison between ancient and modern historians . Sketch of a complete writer of history ...
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... light and gay con- versation . And , in order to be qualified for the intro- duction of such subjects , it seems requisite to unite to the study of the learned languages other attainments , which have a reference to the sciences , the ...
... light and gay con- versation . And , in order to be qualified for the intro- duction of such subjects , it seems requisite to unite to the study of the learned languages other attainments , which have a reference to the sciences , the ...
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... light , so are they highly ef ficacious and beneficial when combined with profes- sional knowledge . To some professions indeed they are essentially necessary , to all they are ornamental . They afford illustrations which render ...
... light , so are they highly ef ficacious and beneficial when combined with profes- sional knowledge . To some professions indeed they are essentially necessary , to all they are ornamental . They afford illustrations which render ...
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Page 38 - 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.
Page 23 - ... 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.
Page 31 - 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.
Page 379 - 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.
Page 119 - 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.
Page 228 - 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.
Page 214 - 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.