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, Τόμος 1Printed at the Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, Philadelphia, 1805 |
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Σελίδα iv
... interest to every man of letters , has never been fully treated by any writer , with whose works I am acquainted . Many of my Quotations are selected from such works , as , either from their size , number of volumes , or scarceness , do ...
... interest to every man of letters , has never been fully treated by any writer , with whose works I am acquainted . Many of my Quotations are selected from such works , as , either from their size , number of volumes , or scarceness , do ...
Σελίδα v
... interest- ing to the American reader . By the advice of competent judges the Appendix , containing a long list of books , has been omitted , be- cause it would increase the size and price of the work , and would not be generally useful ...
... interest- ing to the American reader . By the advice of competent judges the Appendix , containing a long list of books , has been omitted , be- cause it would increase the size and price of the work , and would not be generally useful ...
Σελίδα 2
... interest- ing to the world at large . The condition of social intercourse among those who have had the advantages of a liberal education , is at present so happily improved , that a free communi- cation subsists between all intelligent ...
... interest- ing to the world at large . The condition of social intercourse among those who have had the advantages of a liberal education , is at present so happily improved , that a free communi- cation subsists between all intelligent ...
Σελίδα 6
... interest the sensibility of youth . Such sublime topics , inculcated upon right principles , cannot fail to encourage those ardent sentiments of love , gratitude , and veneration , which are natural 6 THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
... interest the sensibility of youth . Such sublime topics , inculcated upon right principles , cannot fail to encourage those ardent sentiments of love , gratitude , and veneration , which are natural 6 THE INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
Σελίδα 8
... interest- ing records . The most ancient people , of whom we have any authentic accounts , are the Jews : to them was com- municated , and by them was preserved , the knowledge of the true God ; while all other nations were sunk in the ...
... interest- ing records . The most ancient people , of whom we have any authentic accounts , are the Jews : to them was com- municated , and by them was preserved , the knowledge of the true God ; while all other nations were sunk in the ...
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.