An Essay on the Cultivation of the Intellect by the Study of Dead LanguagesJ. Bohn, 1830 - 371 sider |
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Side 10
... persons who were pre- sent , and all the peculiarities of the occasion and locality , are in general associated with it , and recall it to our minds . The little effervescence of animal spirits with which it is usually accompanied tends ...
... persons who were pre- sent , and all the peculiarities of the occasion and locality , are in general associated with it , and recall it to our minds . The little effervescence of animal spirits with which it is usually accompanied tends ...
Side 11
... persons ; as young men , in the mode of enquiry rather than assertion , and with a careful selection of our topics with re- ference to the situation of the hearer . It is won- derful how much knowledge we lose by indolently or proudly ...
... persons ; as young men , in the mode of enquiry rather than assertion , and with a careful selection of our topics with re- ference to the situation of the hearer . It is won- derful how much knowledge we lose by indolently or proudly ...
Side 37
... person perceives it ; and the beauty which I admire , is not real , for to others it is just the reverse . The reality , then , of a fact , its actual external occurrence cannot possibly be inferred from our senses : without testimony ...
... person perceives it ; and the beauty which I admire , is not real , for to others it is just the reverse . The reality , then , of a fact , its actual external occurrence cannot possibly be inferred from our senses : without testimony ...
Side 38
... persons who wrought them . One thing only , is wanting : our intellectual evi- dence is perfect ; complete , without any possibility of improvement : but the evidence which reaches the heart , the only evidence on which we act , that ...
... persons who wrought them . One thing only , is wanting : our intellectual evi- dence is perfect ; complete , without any possibility of improvement : but the evidence which reaches the heart , the only evidence on which we act , that ...
Side 46
... person whom he never has seen ; but if that per- son were his friend , or a man whose disposition he admired , such ... persons are most observant of casual facts , and permit fewest conjunctions to escape their 46 ON THE CULTIVATION.
... person whom he never has seen ; but if that per- son were his friend , or a man whose disposition he admired , such ... persons are most observant of casual facts , and permit fewest conjunctions to escape their 46 ON THE CULTIVATION.
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Side 180 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Side 87 - Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up.
Side 32 - Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood ; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature For ruin's wasteful entrance...
Side 87 - ... of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him ; whereupon he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up. And he gathered a mighty strong host, and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him. And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
Side 58 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Side 7 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Side 87 - AND IT HAPPENED, AFTER THAT ALEXANDER SON OF PHILIP, THE Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, and made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet...
Side 311 - live to him in all holy obedience, live to him as our Lord and King.' Not that I suppose there are peculiar precepts and a peculiar law of Jesus Christ, in the observance whereof we are justified, as the Socinians fancy ; for surely the gospel requires of us no more, ' but to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, and all our souls...
Side 309 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment," Mark xii, 30, the first and great branch of Christian righteousness.
Side 309 - Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great Commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shah love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the prophets.