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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... moral and religious truth . That the conduct of the instructors of children , in thus taking advantage of the curiosity and the pliability of the infant mind , is not the result of superstition and credulity , but of good sense , and a ...
... moral and religious truth . That the conduct of the instructors of children , in thus taking advantage of the curiosity and the pliability of the infant mind , is not the result of superstition and credulity , but of good sense , and a ...
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... moral in all And as it is insisted that its evidence is conclu- sive , upon thorough consideration of it ; so it offers itself to us with manifest obvious appearances of having something more than human in it , and therefore in all ...
... moral in all And as it is insisted that its evidence is conclu- sive , upon thorough consideration of it ; so it offers itself to us with manifest obvious appearances of having something more than human in it , and therefore in all ...
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... MORALITY OF HIS PRECEPTS . And , VI . THE RAPID AND EXTENSIVE PRO- PAGATION OF HIS RELIGION under circumstances the most hostile to its advancement . I. THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT . The New Testament is the ...
... MORALITY OF HIS PRECEPTS . And , VI . THE RAPID AND EXTENSIVE PRO- PAGATION OF HIS RELIGION under circumstances the most hostile to its advancement . I. THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT . The New Testament is the ...
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... Moral Demonstrations , vol . ii , p . 383 , and Prideaux's Life of Mahomet . The contrast between our Lord and the Prophet of Arabia is drawn in a style of such rich and appropriate eloquence by Sherlock , that I cannot deny myself the ...
... Moral Demonstrations , vol . ii , p . 383 , and Prideaux's Life of Mahomet . The contrast between our Lord and the Prophet of Arabia is drawn in a style of such rich and appropriate eloquence by Sherlock , that I cannot deny myself the ...
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... moral character . He was equally free from the ambition of an impostor , and the infatuation of an enthusiast ; for when the people sought to place the crown of Israel on his head , he conveyed himself away by a miracle . Whenever he ...
... moral character . He was equally free from the ambition of an impostor , and the infatuation of an enthusiast ; for when the people sought to place the crown of Israel on his head , he conveyed himself away by a miracle . Whenever he ...
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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.