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In 1799 , he published the edition of his Principles of General Grammar . This
edition was a mere abstract of what he had found most simple in the general
grammars of Mess . Port Royal , and of Beauzee , and in the universal grammar
of ...
In 1799 , he published the edition of his Principles of General Grammar . This
edition was a mere abstract of what he had found most simple in the general
grammars of Mess . Port Royal , and of Beauzee , and in the universal grammar
of ...
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The edition of Mr Dillaway is put forth with the same accuracy and neatness
which have distinguished the series of classics from the same press . The form
and size are convenient . The notes are prepared with good taste . Were we
disposed ...
The edition of Mr Dillaway is put forth with the same accuracy and neatness
which have distinguished the series of classics from the same press . The form
and size are convenient . The notes are prepared with good taste . Were we
disposed ...
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principally on the text , which were appended to the edition in the form of a letter
to the editor . They are valuable for the critical sagacity and skill they display ,
being chiefly restorations of passages partly quoted , and of verses from the old ...
principally on the text , which were appended to the edition in the form of a letter
to the editor . They are valuable for the critical sagacity and skill they display ,
being chiefly restorations of passages partly quoted , and of verses from the old ...
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work , his Horace , remained on his hands , he still was busied in classical labors
, and wrote an extended series of notes to Davies ' edition of Cicero ' s Tusculan
Questions . These notes are entertaining as well as instructive , and show a ...
work , his Horace , remained on his hands , he still was busied in classical labors
, and wrote an extended series of notes to Davies ' edition of Cicero ' s Tusculan
Questions . These notes are entertaining as well as instructive , and show a ...
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the New Testament , and of a series of classics in usum Frederici Principis , to his
edition of Terence . This seems to have been a favorite work , and early and long
contemplated . In 1724 Dr Hare , a former intimate friend of Bentley , though of ...
the New Testament , and of a series of classics in usum Frederici Principis , to his
edition of Terence . This seems to have been a favorite work , and early and long
contemplated . In 1724 Dr Hare , a former intimate friend of Bentley , though of ...
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Էջ 246 - 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...
Էջ 248 - I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Էջ 246 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Էջ 228 - Committee, for the consideration of all matters affecting the Education of the People. For the present it is thought advisable that this Board should consist of: The Lord President of the Council. The Lord Privy Seal. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, and The Master of the Mint.
Էջ 39 - It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
Էջ 39 - Shakespeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart, and Franklin to enrich me with his practical wisdom, I shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship, and I may become a cultivated man though excluded from what is called the best society in the place where I live.
Էջ 247 - Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful ; first, we do amiss to spend seven or eight years merely in scraping together so much miserable Latin and Greek, as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in one year.
Էջ 169 - That the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach by themselves or others, their children and apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein...
Էջ 251 - ... save an army by this frugal and expenseless means only ; and not let the healthy and stout bodies of young men rot away under him for want of this discipline ; which is a great pity, and no less a shame to the commander.
Էջ 253 - ... what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.