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 ix
... gives to conversation correctness and elegance . The standard of the English language . Disagreement between our orthography and pronunciation . How they ought to be regu lated . The excellence of our language , when considered as the ...
... gives to conversation correctness and elegance . The standard of the English language . Disagreement between our orthography and pronunciation . How they ought to be regu lated . The excellence of our language , when considered as the ...
Pagina 3
... give weight to the opinion , that comprehensive views of learning and science are calculated to produce the best effects upon the mind , reference can be made to both ancient and modern authorities — to writers of no less eminence than ...
... give weight to the opinion , that comprehensive views of learning and science are calculated to produce the best effects upon the mind , reference can be made to both ancient and modern authorities — to writers of no less eminence than ...
Pagina 4
... give proper activity to every faculty of the mind , in- asmuch as they engage the judgment , the memory , and the imagination , in an agreeable exercise , and are associated for one beneficial purpose — like the genial drops of rain ...
... give proper activity to every faculty of the mind , in- asmuch as they engage the judgment , the memory , and the imagination , in an agreeable exercise , and are associated for one beneficial purpose — like the genial drops of rain ...
Pagina 18
... give to any writings whatever the stamp of originality . All these Epistles , when taken together , are not to be ... gives some striking re- marks on the Talents , Character , and Conduct of St. Paul , p . 411 . which they differ from ...
... give to any writings whatever the stamp of originality . All these Epistles , when taken together , are not to be ... gives some striking re- marks on the Talents , Character , and Conduct of St. Paul , p . 411 . which they differ from ...
Pagina 23
... give the most certain proofs of a teacher sent from God , he extended his faith by force , and reared his bloody crescent amid captives , who were the victims of his passions , and cities that were desolated by his sword ...
... give the most certain proofs of a teacher sent from God , he extended his faith by force , and reared his bloody crescent amid captives , who were the victims of his passions , and cities that were desolated by his sword ...
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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.