An Essay on the Cultivation of the Intellect by the Study of Dead LanguagesJ. Bohn, 1830 - 371 páginas |
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... rather to have been the result of circumstances ; and to have commenced at a time , when a knowledge of the dead languages was almost indispensable , from their em- ployment in religion and in law ; and from their 2 ON THE CULTIVATION.
... rather to have been the result of circumstances ; and to have commenced at a time , when a knowledge of the dead languages was almost indispensable , from their em- ployment in religion and in law ; and from their 2 ON THE CULTIVATION.
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... resulting from the con- templation of truth , if the expression be accurately examined , can mean nothing else ... results from a feature in our constitution , which differs from the attributes of the Deity , in- stead of resembling them ...
... resulting from the con- templation of truth , if the expression be accurately examined , can mean nothing else ... results from a feature in our constitution , which differs from the attributes of the Deity , in- stead of resembling them ...
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... result . Four questions , then , naturally arise respecting the management of the intellect . I. How are we to acquire these trains of ideas ? II . How are we to arrange them ? III . By what means may we blend and dovetail them into ...
... result . Four questions , then , naturally arise respecting the management of the intellect . I. How are we to acquire these trains of ideas ? II . How are we to arrange them ? III . By what means may we blend and dovetail them into ...
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... result ? Prove to men , not by vague and empty declarations , which , where the heart speaks , are not required , and where there is no heart , are perfectly futile , that Christianity , and Christianity , with all its doctrines and ...
... result ? Prove to men , not by vague and empty declarations , which , where the heart speaks , are not required , and where there is no heart , are perfectly futile , that Christianity , and Christianity , with all its doctrines and ...
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... result of the law of associ- ation ; not a truth implanted in us by our Creator , and consequently not to be disputed . And when we come to reason on the subject , we can only say , that the Being who formed us must be benevo- lent ...
... result of the law of associ- ation ; not a truth implanted in us by our Creator , and consequently not to be disputed . And when we come to reason on the subject , we can only say , that the Being who formed us must be benevo- lent ...
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Página 180 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Página 87 - Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up.
Página 32 - Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood ; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature For ruin's wasteful entrance...
Página 87 - ... of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him ; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up. And he gathered a mighty strong host, and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him. And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
Página 58 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Página 7 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Página 87 - AND IT HAPPENED, AFTER THAT ALEXANDER SON OF PHILIP, THE Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet...
Página 311 - live to him in all holy obedience, live to him as our Lord and King.' Not that I suppose there are peculiar precepts and a peculiar law of Jesus Christ, in the observance whereof we are justified, as the Socinians fancy ; for surely the gospel requires of us no more, ' but to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, and all our souls...
Página 309 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment," Mark xii, 30, the first and great branch of Christian righteousness.
Página 309 - Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great Commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shah love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the prophets.