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 |
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Pagina xi
... 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 point of view . Chronology and geography are the lights 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 point of view . Chronology and geography are the lights of ...
Pagina xii
... GREECE . Origin of the Greeks . The description of Homer corres- ponds with the most authentic accounts of their early manners and conditions . Athens and Sparta the most eminent of the Grecian states : their religion and government ...
... GREECE . Origin of the Greeks . The description of Homer corres- ponds with the most authentic accounts of their early manners and conditions . Athens and Sparta the most eminent of the Grecian states : their religion and government ...
Pagina xiii
... Greece subdued by the Romans , and afterwards by the Turks . Degraded state of its present inhabitants , who retain some traces of the character of their ancestors . Advantages derived by modern Europe from ancient Greece . Concluding ...
... Greece subdued by the Romans , and afterwards by the Turks . Degraded state of its present inhabitants , who retain some traces of the character of their ancestors . Advantages derived by modern Europe from ancient Greece . Concluding ...
Pagina 7
... Greece and Rome are pre- served some of the noblest productions of human genius , I assign to these subjects the next place . In recommendation of Our Own Language it is superfluous to have recourse to arguments . All who are acquainted ...
... Greece and Rome are pre- served some of the noblest productions of human genius , I assign to these subjects the next place . In recommendation of Our Own Language it is superfluous to have recourse to arguments . All who are acquainted ...
Pagina 8
... Greece and Rome have recorded such numerous and such eminent instances of the ge- nius , valour , and wisdom of their countrymen , as have been the just subjects of admiration for all succeeding ages ; for which reason the accounts of ...
... Greece and Rome have recorded such numerous and such eminent instances of the ge- nius , valour , and wisdom of their countrymen , as have been the just subjects of admiration for all succeeding ages ; for which reason the accounts of ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.