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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128. oldal
... refined critic , and the enlightened moralift , like another Socrates brought moral philofophy from the fchools , arrayed her in the most engaging drefs , and called the attention of his countrymen to taste and to virtue , in his ...
... refined critic , and the enlightened moralift , like another Socrates brought moral philofophy from the fchools , arrayed her in the most engaging drefs , and called the attention of his countrymen to taste and to virtue , in his ...
150. oldal
... refined dialogues : in his Georgics , agriculture , and every subject con- nected with it , are defcribed in the most polished language ; and his Eneid , abounding with beautiful defcriptions and incidents , completes his character as ...
... refined dialogues : in his Georgics , agriculture , and every subject con- nected with it , are defcribed in the most polished language ; and his Eneid , abounding with beautiful defcriptions and incidents , completes his character as ...
152. oldal
... refined tafte ; -if we obferve his good fense , the harmony of his numbers , and the verfatility of his genius ; it will furely be admitted that he pof- feffed the most ample powers to inftruct and to de- light mankind . Perhaps there ...
... refined tafte ; -if we obferve his good fense , the harmony of his numbers , and the verfatility of his genius ; it will furely be admitted that he pof- feffed the most ample powers to inftruct and to de- light mankind . Perhaps there ...
161. oldal
... refined policy to oppofe the learning of Rome as a barrier against the encroachments of the Greek church ; fo that the popularity of the Latin tongue bore no incon- fiderable proportion to the extent of the pontifical power . To thefe ...
... refined policy to oppofe the learning of Rome as a barrier against the encroachments of the Greek church ; fo that the popularity of the Latin tongue bore no incon- fiderable proportion to the extent of the pontifical power . To thefe ...
162. oldal
... refined and firmly eftablifhed as they may appear . They are in a ftate of gradual al- teration , and are fubject to the caprices of fashion and novelty but the Latin is fixed and permanent . The phrafeology of Chaucer and Hollinfhed ...
... refined and firmly eftablifhed as they may appear . They are in a ftate of gradual al- teration , and are fubject to the caprices of fashion and novelty but the Latin is fixed and permanent . The phrafeology of Chaucer and Hollinfhed ...
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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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