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, and J. A. Cummings, Boston, 1805 - Books and reading |
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... empire . Periods of its rise , progress , and decline . The best models of imitation for writers of Latin are Cicero and Virgil . Rules necessary to be observed in this elegant species of composition . P. 114-133 . CHAP . V. THE GREEK ...
... empire . Periods of its rise , progress , and decline . The best models of imitation for writers of Latin are Cicero and Virgil . Rules necessary to be observed in this elegant species of composition . P. 114-133 . CHAP . V. THE GREEK ...
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... empire in the reign of Trajan , naturally excite our curiosityt o investigate the lead- ing causes of the greatness and fall of the Roman power . causes of its greatness were , I. The peculiar constitution of government . II . The ...
... empire in the reign of Trajan , naturally excite our curiosityt o investigate the lead- ing causes of the greatness and fall of the Roman power . causes of its greatness were , I. The peculiar constitution of government . II . The ...
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... empire . The Carthaginians were their most formidable rivals . Their naval power and ex- tensive commerce . Characters of Hannibal and Scipio Africa- nus . The civil wars . The character of Augustus . The flourish- ing state of ...
... empire . The Carthaginians were their most formidable rivals . Their naval power and ex- tensive commerce . Characters of Hannibal and Scipio Africa- nus . The civil wars . The character of Augustus . The flourish- ing state of ...
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... EMPIRE , the welfare and prosperity of which depend upon the usefulness of their attainments , and the respectability of their conduct . It is evident from general observation , that the prin- ciples of religion are congenial with the ...
... EMPIRE , the welfare and prosperity of which depend upon the usefulness of their attainments , and the respectability of their conduct . It is evident from general observation , that the prin- ciples of religion are congenial with the ...
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... empire of the world , appeared as improbable as it was fruitless ; he deplored the fall of the holy city , and pointed out the advance of the Roman standard , as the token of desolation , and the signal for his followers to save ...
... empire of the world , appeared as improbable as it was fruitless ; he deplored the fall of the holy city , and pointed out the advance of the Roman standard , as the token of desolation , and the signal for his followers to save ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...