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, Volumen 1Printed at the Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, Philadelphia, and J. A. Cummings, Boston, 1805 |
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... the Greek 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.
... the Greek 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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... influence of their respective institutions upon manners and characters . The most splendid æra of Athenian greatness . Characters of some illustrious persons during that period : Miltiades , Pau- sanias , Cimon , Themistocles ...
... influence of their respective institutions upon manners and characters . The most splendid æra of Athenian greatness . Characters of some illustrious persons during that period : Miltiades , Pau- sanias , Cimon , Themistocles ...
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... influence of logic , or well regulated reason , upon mankind during the various periods of life . P. 43-66 . CHAP . II . THE MATHEMATICS . Utility of mathematical knowledge . Opinion of Locke favourable to scientific pursuits . Their ...
... influence of logic , or well regulated reason , upon mankind during the various periods of life . P. 43-66 . CHAP . II . THE MATHEMATICS . Utility of mathematical knowledge . Opinion of Locke favourable to scientific pursuits . Their ...
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... influence of commerce upon agriculture . Character of the English merchant . The methods which have been adopted for the promotion of commerce . A comparison between the present and former state of England proves the beneficial effects ...
... influence of commerce upon agriculture . Character of the English merchant . The methods which have been adopted for the promotion of commerce . A comparison between the present and former state of England proves the beneficial effects ...
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... influence , and improv- ing the beauties of each other . In short , various pur- suits , skilfully chosen and assiduously followed , can give proper activity to every faculty of the mind , in- asmuch as they engage the judgment , the ...
... influence , and improv- ing the beauties of each other . In short , various pur- suits , skilfully chosen and assiduously followed , can give proper activity to every faculty of the mind , in- asmuch as they engage the judgment , the ...
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Página 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.
Página 91 - 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...
Página 318 - 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.
Página 109 - 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.
Página 23 - 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...
Página 222 - 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.
Página 117 - 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.
Página 371 - Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
Página 209 - 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...
Página 91 - 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...