Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science: With Lists of the Most Approved Authors, Including the Best Editions of the Classics ; Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities and the Higher Classes in Schools ; in Two Volumes. 1Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; Hatchard, Piccadilly; and Egerton, Withehall; J. Parker and J. Cooke, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge, 1806 - 564 oldal |
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viii. oldal
... its progrefs an ardent defire to extend ufeful inftruction beyond the narrow profeffional fphere in which he moves . If he should excite curiofity , curiofity , or increase attention to any branch of profitable viii PREFACE .
... its progrefs an ardent defire to extend ufeful inftruction beyond the narrow profeffional fphere in which he moves . If he should excite curiofity , curiofity , or increase attention to any branch of profitable viii PREFACE .
ix. oldal
... attention to any branch of profitable knowledge , and diffufe more widely the light of general information , he will have the fatis- faction to think , that his time , his reflections , and his ftudies , have not been facrificed to a ...
... attention to any branch of profitable knowledge , and diffufe more widely the light of general information , he will have the fatis- faction to think , that his time , his reflections , and his ftudies , have not been facrificed to a ...
xi. oldal
... attention to profeffional Studies , is calculated to improve the faculties of the mind , -to inform the understanding , ftrengthen the judgment , engage the me- mory in an agreeable exercife , and prepare a young Man for the best ...
... attention to profeffional Studies , is calculated to improve the faculties of the mind , -to inform the understanding , ftrengthen the judgment , engage the me- mory in an agreeable exercife , and prepare a young Man for the best ...
2. oldal
... attention of the learned to new purfuits , and given their conduct a new direction . The Scholar , no longer confined within the walls of a College , as was formerly the cafe , now mixes in general fociety , and adapts his ftudies to an ...
... attention of the learned to new purfuits , and given their conduct a new direction . The Scholar , no longer confined within the walls of a College , as was formerly the cafe , now mixes in general fociety , and adapts his ftudies to an ...
4. oldal
... attention to a profeffional study , is an affair of the firft importance , but that invariable and exclufive application to any one purfuit is the certain mark of a contracted educa- tion . For hence the student is led to form a diflike ...
... attention to a profeffional study , is an affair of the firft importance , but that invariable and exclufive application to any one purfuit is the certain mark of a contracted educa- tion . For hence the student is led to form a diflike ...
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Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal ... Henry Kett Nincs elérhető előnézet - 1806 |
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