Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science, Volume 1Rivington [and others], 1815 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... those young men who are de- figned for the civil fervice in India , and Downing College now building at Cambridge , promise to an- fwer the excellent purposes of their refpective found- ers . The Royal Institution in London engages the ...
... those young men who are de- figned for the civil fervice in India , and Downing College now building at Cambridge , promise to an- fwer the excellent purposes of their refpective found- ers . The Royal Institution in London engages the ...
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... those who may complain of his want of brevity , to confider the great extent of every one of the fubjects he has un- dertaken to treat ; and thofe who , from a predilec- tion for fome particular topic , may wish for a fuller view of it ...
... those who may complain of his want of brevity , to confider the great extent of every one of the fubjects he has un- dertaken to treat ; and thofe who , from a predilec- tion for fome particular topic , may wish for a fuller view of it ...
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... those who have been regularly educated in the Univerf ties , and the public fchools . Thus favourable are the temper and the circum- ftances of the Times to the diffufion of knowledge . And if the moft mature and deliberate decifions of ...
... those who have been regularly educated in the Univerf ties , and the public fchools . Thus favourable are the temper and the circum- ftances of the Times to the diffufion of knowledge . And if the moft mature and deliberate decifions of ...
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... those , for whofe fer- vice they are intended . In felecting the topics of the following Work , I have therefore confidered Young Men , with a view to their most important re- lations in life , as CHRISTIANS , as STUDENTS , and as ...
... those , for whofe fer- vice they are intended . In felecting the topics of the following Work , I have therefore confidered Young Men , with a view to their most important re- lations in life , as CHRISTIANS , as STUDENTS , and as ...
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... those principles of religious duty , which the mind naturally invites , and to improve its capacity for the reception of the moft fublime truths , is no more than a proper attention and due obedience to the voice of Nature . And as the ...
... those principles of religious duty , which the mind naturally invites , and to improve its capacity for the reception of the moft fublime truths , is no more than a proper attention and due obedience to the voice of Nature . And as the ...
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Page 491 - Love my memory, cherish my friends; their faith to me may assure you they are honest. But above all, govern your will and affections, by the will and Word of your Creator; in me, beholding the end of this world, with all her vanities.
Page 196 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 46 - 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 102 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 28 - Let her see him in his most retired privacies; let her follow him to the Mount, and hear his devotions and supplications to God. Carry her to his table, to view his poor fare, and hear his heavenly discourse.
Page 491 - In which sad progress, passing along by the rest of the army, where his uncle the general was, and being thirsty with excess of bleeding, he called for drink which was presently brought him ; but as he was putting the bottle to his mouth, he saw a poor soldier carried along, who had eaten his last at the same feast, ghastly casting up his eyes at the bottle. Which Sir Philip perceiving, took it from his head before he drank, and delivered it to the poor man with these words, Thy necessity is yet...
Page 484 - In the name of God, of St. Michael, and St. George, I make thee a knight ; be valiant, courteous, and loyal!
Page 533 - Deum, as a hymn of thanksgiving to God, and were joined by those of the other ships, with tears of joy, and transports of congratulation. This office of gratitude to Heaven was followed by an act of justice to their commander. They threw themselves at the feet of Columbus, with feelings of self-condemnation, mingled with reverence.
Page 50 - When therefore the obligations of morality are taught, let the fanctions of chriftianity never be forgotten ; by which it will be fhewn, that they give ftrength and luftre to each other ; religion will appear to be the voice of reafon, and morality the will of GOD.
Page 438 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast. The prostrate south to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles, and her golden fields : With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue ; Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.