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, Volumen1Printed at the Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, Philadelphia, 1805 |
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... passions , depends the happiness of life . That system of Logic , there- fore , which consists not in abstruse terms , or argumen- tative subtlety , but in the manly exercise of the rational powers , justly claims an important place in ...
... passions , depends the happiness of life . That system of Logic , there- fore , which consists not in abstruse terms , or argumen- tative subtlety , but in the manly exercise of the rational powers , justly claims an important place in ...
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... passions , to correct our perverse inclinations , to conform the dis- positions of our Soul and the actions of our life to the eternal laws of righteousness and goodness : it putteth us upon the imi- tation of God , and aiming at the ...
... passions , to correct our perverse inclinations , to conform the dis- positions of our Soul and the actions of our life to the eternal laws of righteousness and goodness : it putteth us upon the imi- tation of God , and aiming at the ...
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... passions in their cause . All is fair , tempe- rate , and candid . Vain , it is true , were the search for those ornaments which distinguish the classical wri- ters : but still in their works there is frequently a pleasing simplicity ...
... passions in their cause . All is fair , tempe- rate , and candid . Vain , it is true , were the search for those ornaments which distinguish the classical wri- ters : but still in their works there is frequently a pleasing simplicity ...
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... passions of mankind . The institutions of Numa the second king of the Romans , of Brama the Lawgiver of the various tribes of India , and of Confu- cius the great philosopher of China , were evidently adapted to the existing habits ...
... passions of mankind . The institutions of Numa the second king of the Romans , of Brama the Lawgiver of the various tribes of India , and of Confu- cius the great philosopher of China , were evidently adapted to the existing habits ...
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... passions , and cities that were desolated by his sword . * * " Mahometanism is a borrowed system , made up for the most part of Judaism and Christianity , and , if it be considered in the most favourable view , might possibly be ...
... passions , and cities that were desolated by his sword . * * " Mahometanism is a borrowed system , made up for the most part of Judaism and Christianity , and , if it be considered in the most favourable view , might possibly be ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.