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, Том 1Printed at the Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, Philadelphia, 1805 |
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... ment , of which the foundations are three : intuition , or the ground of scientific knowledge : experience , or the ground of natural knowledge : testimony , or the ground of historical know- ledge . III . Reasoning . Its different ...
... ment , of which the foundations are three : intuition , or the ground of scientific knowledge : experience , or the ground of natural knowledge : testimony , or the ground of historical know- ledge . III . Reasoning . Its different ...
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... result from early religious instruction are described with his accustomed eloquence , by Dr. Farr , in his Discourse on Education . See p . 13 , & c . AUTHENTICITY OF THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTA MENT . THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 15.
... result from early religious instruction are described with his accustomed eloquence , by Dr. Farr , in his Discourse on Education . See p . 13 , & c . AUTHENTICITY OF THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTA MENT . THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 15.
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... MENT . II . THE CHARACTER OF OUR LORD AND SA- VIOUR . III . THE PROPHECIES of which he was the subject , as well as those which he delivered . IV . HIS MIRACLES . V. THE SUBLIME MORALITY OF HIS PRECEPTS . And , VI . THE RAPID AND ...
... MENT . II . THE CHARACTER OF OUR LORD AND SA- VIOUR . III . THE PROPHECIES of which he was the subject , as well as those which he delivered . IV . HIS MIRACLES . V. THE SUBLIME MORALITY OF HIS PRECEPTS . And , VI . THE RAPID AND ...
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... ment only , we suppose them to have combined in a confederacy for such a purpose , what would have been the consequence ? They would only have given the desired advantage to their acute , active , and implacable enemies , who would ...
... ment only , we suppose them to have combined in a confederacy for such a purpose , what would have been the consequence ? They would only have given the desired advantage to their acute , active , and implacable enemies , who would ...
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... ment , and the steadiness of heroic intrepidity . There was no wild enthusiasm in his devotions , no rigid austerity in his conduct , no frivolous subtlety or in- temperate vehemence in his arguments . Of all the virtues , which adorned ...
... ment , and the steadiness of heroic intrepidity . There was no wild enthusiasm in his devotions , no rigid austerity in his conduct , no frivolous subtlety or in- temperate vehemence in his arguments . Of all the virtues , which adorned ...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.