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 51
... honour , and the love of their country . " West on the Resur- rection . Against the authority of such insidious writers as Voltaire and Gibbon , we enter our serious , and we think our equitable protest ; we exhort every one to beware ...
... honour , and the love of their country . " West on the Resur- rection . Against the authority of such insidious writers as Voltaire and Gibbon , we enter our serious , and we think our equitable protest ; we exhort every one to beware ...
Pagina 61
... honour to the institution of marriage . It put a stop to the combats of gladiators , the Favourite and barbarous amusement of the Romans ; it banished the impure conduct that disgraced the worship of the Pagan Deities , as well as ...
... honour to the institution of marriage . It put a stop to the combats of gladiators , the Favourite and barbarous amusement of the Romans ; it banished the impure conduct that disgraced the worship of the Pagan Deities , as well as ...
Pagina 66
... vulgi : Nil opis externæ cupiens , nil indiga laudis ; Divitiis animosa suis , immotaque cunctis Casibus , ex alta mortalia despicit arce . of luxury , false honour , and interest , spread 66 THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION .
... vulgi : Nil opis externæ cupiens , nil indiga laudis ; Divitiis animosa suis , immotaque cunctis Casibus , ex alta mortalia despicit arce . of luxury , false honour , and interest , spread 66 THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION .
Pagina 67
... honour , and interest , spread in your way , which are too 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 ...
... honour , and interest , spread in your way , which are too 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 ...
Pagina 68
... honour and service . Amid the re- tirement of study , or the business of active life , let it be your first care , as it is your duty , and your interest , to recollect , that the great Author and Finisher of your faith has placed the ...
... honour and service . Amid the re- tirement of study , or the business of active life , let it be your first care , as it is your duty , and your interest , to recollect , that the great Author and Finisher of your faith has placed the ...
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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.