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, 1. köidePrinted at the Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, Philadelphia, 1805 |
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... Tacitus , Suetonius , Pliny , Lucan , Seneca . Many beauties of the classics are lost in translations . The wide extent of the Latin language before and after the fall of the Roman empire . Periods of its rise , progress , and decline ...
... Tacitus , Suetonius , Pliny , Lucan , Seneca . Many beauties of the classics are lost in translations . The wide extent of the Latin language before and after the fall of the Roman empire . Periods of its rise , progress , and decline ...
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... Tacitus , Phi- lostratus , and Dion Cassius . It is probable they were all of them unacquainted with the works of the Jewish Historian ; and yet they corroborate his account , and all unite to illustrate the Prophecies of our Lord . IV ...
... Tacitus , Phi- lostratus , and Dion Cassius . It is probable they were all of them unacquainted with the works of the Jewish Historian ; and yet they corroborate his account , and all unite to illustrate the Prophecies of our Lord . IV ...
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... Tacitus , Pliny , Lucian and Porphyry , all of whom were Pagans , and lived within three centuries from the time of Christ . If the circumstances of discouragement and danger , under which the faith of Christ made so extraordinary a ...
... Tacitus , Pliny , Lucian and Porphyry , all of whom were Pagans , and lived within three centuries from the time of Christ . If the circumstances of discouragement and danger , under which the faith of Christ made so extraordinary a ...
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... Tacitus has remarked the similarity of the Roman character to the most ancient Greek , that is , the Pelasgic ; and the same observation is made by Pliny , and confirmed by the inscription on an ancient tablet of brass , dedicated to ...
... Tacitus has remarked the similarity of the Roman character to the most ancient Greek , that is , the Pelasgic ; and the same observation is made by Pliny , and confirmed by the inscription on an ancient tablet of brass , dedicated to ...
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... Tacitus fettered the powers of his judgment , and ob- scured the brightness of his imagination by elaborate brevity , and dark and distant allusions . * Such affectation was in vain substituted for the charms of nature and simplicity ...
... Tacitus fettered the powers of his judgment , and ob- scured the brightness of his imagination by elaborate brevity , and dark and distant allusions . * Such affectation was in vain substituted for the charms of nature and simplicity ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.