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 |
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Pagina xiii
... 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 improvement of 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 improvement of the ...
Pagina xv
... reigns during which such charters were granted , and laws were passed , as form our presnt econstitution . Alfred . William the conqueror . Hen- John . Magna Charta . Edward I. Edward III . Henry VII . Henry VIII . Queen Elizabeth ...
... reigns during which such charters were granted , and laws were passed , as form our presnt econstitution . Alfred . William the conqueror . Hen- John . Magna Charta . Edward I. Edward III . Henry VII . Henry VIII . Queen Elizabeth ...
Pagina 39
... reign of disorderly passions . Every one , satisfied with his lot , resigned to the divine will , and enjoying a full prospect of endless happiness , would pass his days in content and tranqui- lity , to which neither pain por sorrow ...
... reign of disorderly passions . Every one , satisfied with his lot , resigned to the divine will , and enjoying a full prospect of endless happiness , would pass his days in content and tranqui- lity , to which neither pain por sorrow ...
Pagina 81
... reign of Theo- doric and Athalaric , who laboured to soften the rough manners of the Goths by the refinements of learning , the Italian language gradually assumed its form and character ; and its deviation from the Latin was particu ...
... reign of Theo- doric and Athalaric , who laboured to soften the rough manners of the Goths by the refinements of learning , the Italian language gradually assumed its form and character ; and its deviation from the Latin was particu ...
Pagina 98
... reign of Henry VIII has introduced many words of Latin origin into the conversation and the writings of the English . The attention paid to Italian literature , particularly in the reign of Elizabeth , contributed to increase their ...
... reign of Henry VIII has introduced many words of Latin origin into the conversation and the writings of the English . The attention paid to Italian literature , particularly in the reign of Elizabeth , contributed to increase their ...
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Populaire passages
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 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...