Classical Studies: Essays on Ancient Literature and ArtGould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1843 - 413 páginas |
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... course , in several of our colleges , instead of being limited to a volume or two of extracts , embraces a series of entire works in all the leading departments of ancient literature . The mode of studying antiquity has also been ...
... course , in several of our colleges , instead of being limited to a volume or two of extracts , embraces a series of entire works in all the leading departments of ancient literature . The mode of studying antiquity has also been ...
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... course ? Are there good reasons for laying it aside when one leaves the walls of the university ? The apology is substantially this . It has no immediate connection with practical life . Imperative duty is not to be neglected for an ...
... course ? Are there good reasons for laying it aside when one leaves the walls of the university ? The apology is substantially this . It has no immediate connection with practical life . Imperative duty is not to be neglected for an ...
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... course of his subsequent reading , with the correct method and sterling sense of Hippocrates . eminent American physician has said , that the best descriptions of the symptoms of disease are found in the Greek language . Roman law is ...
... course of his subsequent reading , with the correct method and sterling sense of Hippocrates . eminent American physician has said , that the best descriptions of the symptoms of disease are found in the Greek language . Roman law is ...
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... course of disease , disturbed neither by medicine nor violent interference . Now these characteristic touches , which are the marks of genius , as well as of an accurate understanding , cannot be enjoyed through a translation . The more ...
... course of disease , disturbed neither by medicine nor violent interference . Now these characteristic touches , which are the marks of genius , as well as of an accurate understanding , cannot be enjoyed through a translation . The more ...
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... course of improvement . In giving some account of the principal classical philologists of Germany , we shall best accomplish our object , by exhibiting the peculiar character of the different schools of German philology , accompanied by ...
... course of improvement . In giving some account of the principal classical philologists of Germany , we shall best accomplish our object , by exhibiting the peculiar character of the different schools of German philology , accompanied by ...
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Página 410 - ... perfectly what we could wish, yet, in the most important respects, it supplies a want which has been extensively felt. It is, we think, substantially sound in its fundamental principles; and, being comprehensive and elementary in its plan, and adapted to the purposes of instruction, it will be gladly adopted by those who have for a long time been dissatisfied with existing text-books, particularly the work of Paley.
Página 411 - THE GREAT COMMISSION ; Or, the Christian Church constituted and charged to convey the Gospel to the World.
Página 410 - It is a radical mistake, in the education of youth, to permit any book to be used by students as a text-book, which contains erroneous doctrines, especially when these are fundamental, and tend to vitiate the whole •ystem of morals.
Página 409 - We can say, with safety, that the topics are well selected and arranged; that the author's name is a guarantee for more than usual excellence. We wish it an extensive circulation.
Página 410 - Dr. Wayland has published an abridgment of his work for the use of schools. Of this step we can hardly speak too highly. It is more than time that the study of Moral Philosophy should be introduced into all our institutions of education. We are happy to see the way so auspiciously opened for such an introduction. It has been " not merely abridged, but also re-written.
Página 409 - ... it deserves to be introduced into every private family, and to be studied by every man who has an interest in the wealth and prosperity of his country. It is a subject little understood, even practically, by thousands, and still less understood theoreticallv.
Página 412 - She was an honor to our country —one of the most noblespirited of her sex. It cannot, therefore, be surprising, that so many editions, and so many thousand copies of her life and adventures have been sold. The name — the long career of suffering — the self-sacrificing...
Página 411 - ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF MISSIONS. A Record of the Voyages, Travels, Labours, and Successes of the various Missionaries who have been sent forth by Protestant Societies to Evangelize the Heathen. Compiled from authentic Documents, by the Rev.
Página 409 - ... and discussion in the family circle. It is fitted to enlarge the mind, to purify the judgment. to correct erroneous popular impressions, and assist every man in forming opinions of public measures, which will abide the test of lime and experience.