Classical Studies: Essays on Ancient Literature and ArtGould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1843 - 413 páginas |
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Página iii
... taste for ancient art , have been making constant progress , both in schools and colleges . Many of the choicest works of the classical writers have been carefully and learnedly edited by American scholars . Professor Woolsey's ...
... taste for ancient art , have been making constant progress , both in schools and colleges . Many of the choicest works of the classical writers have been carefully and learnedly edited by American scholars . Professor Woolsey's ...
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... taste , he will inevitably feel , that a great defect exists in his intellectual culture . We have said , that the neglect of classical studies among liberally educated men was less general now than formerly . And yet these pursuits are ...
... taste , he will inevitably feel , that a great defect exists in his intellectual culture . We have said , that the neglect of classical studies among liberally educated men was less general now than formerly . And yet these pursuits are ...
Página viii
... taste . John Luzac , an eminent professor of Greek at Leyden , spoke of him as 66 a giant in Greek criticism . " Robert Hall , in the most active period of his ministry , devoted several hours in a day , for a number of years , to a ...
... taste . John Luzac , an eminent professor of Greek at Leyden , spoke of him as 66 a giant in Greek criticism . " Robert Hall , in the most active period of his ministry , devoted several hours in a day , for a number of years , to a ...
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... taste . It is not known why there have not been more than one Shakspeare and one Milton . But , because our attachment to these masters may be called idolatrous , ought we to betake ourselves to Sir Richard Blackmore's Creation and ...
... taste . It is not known why there have not been more than one Shakspeare and one Milton . But , because our attachment to these masters may be called idolatrous , ought we to betake ourselves to Sir Richard Blackmore's Creation and ...
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... taste for the coarse dialect of the low - bred politician . The vernacular language is the armory to which the demagogue resorts . A thorough classical training , and a continued recurrence , through life , to these sources of refined ...
... taste for the coarse dialect of the low - bred politician . The vernacular language is the armory to which the demagogue resorts . A thorough classical training , and a continued recurrence , through life , to these sources of refined ...
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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.