An Introduction to a Course of German Literature: In Lectures to the Students of the University of LondonJ. Taylor, 1830 - 157 pages |
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... mental culture of nations must be regarded in the same view . Greek cultivation was prepared through centuries , before it reached its bloom , in the time of Pericles : and should this latter period seem comparatively short , we must ...
... mental culture of nations must be regarded in the same view . Greek cultivation was prepared through centuries , before it reached its bloom , in the time of Pericles : and should this latter period seem comparatively short , we must ...
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... mental formation of mankind ; but that , on the contrary , it has kept its adherents longer in the trammels of irreligion and barbarism than even the Pagan creeds did with theirs . Indian , Egyptian , Greek and Roman culture were ...
... mental formation of mankind ; but that , on the contrary , it has kept its adherents longer in the trammels of irreligion and barbarism than even the Pagan creeds did with theirs . Indian , Egyptian , Greek and Roman culture were ...
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... mental exercises serve as useful preparatives for the arts of peace . In the hands of Providence , war is a powerful means for the propagation of in- tellectual culture among men . War gave Greek cultivation to the Romans , and war ...
... mental exercises serve as useful preparatives for the arts of peace . In the hands of Providence , war is a powerful means for the propagation of in- tellectual culture among men . War gave Greek cultivation to the Romans , and war ...
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... mental purity of his heroes , and the devotedness and gentle piety of his heroines , or the amazing power of ima- gination , by which he leads you through the mazes of fanciful adventure , and introduces you within the circle of ...
... mental purity of his heroes , and the devotedness and gentle piety of his heroines , or the amazing power of ima- gination , by which he leads you through the mazes of fanciful adventure , and introduces you within the circle of ...
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... meritorious . Superstition and sophistry combine to his misguiding : but at length a clearer mental day begins to dawn within him . The more he expe- riences in life , the more he suffers and strives 46 INTRODUCTION TO A COURSE OF.
... meritorious . Superstition and sophistry combine to his misguiding : but at length a clearer mental day begins to dawn within him . The more he expe- riences in life , the more he suffers and strives 46 INTRODUCTION TO A COURSE OF.
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Page 154 - Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, Ein' gute Wehr und Waffen, Er hilft uns frei aus aller Not, Die uns jetzt hat betroffen. Der alt' böse Feind Mit Ernst er's jetzt meint; Groß' Macht und viel List Sein' grausam Rüstung ist, Auf Erd
Page 59 - Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul; and, as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows reason at religion's sight; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light.