The British EducatorThomas Murray, 1856 |
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... Latin are peculiar and indispensable elements to a liberal education , " and " that the study of modern authors , however admirable their works may be , does not produce that culture of the mind which is the true object of a liberal ...
... Latin are peculiar and indispensable elements to a liberal education , " and " that the study of modern authors , however admirable their works may be , does not produce that culture of the mind which is the true object of a liberal ...
Էջ 21
... Latin and Greek tongues , there was a necessity why they should be mastered ; but now that these treasures have been transferred to the coffers of our own lan- gange , where is the necessity ? Who thinks of paying for an enter- tainment ...
... Latin and Greek tongues , there was a necessity why they should be mastered ; but now that these treasures have been transferred to the coffers of our own lan- gange , where is the necessity ? Who thinks of paying for an enter- tainment ...
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... Latin he can cite without limit - and there are few words whose quantity he has not some line of poetry ready to deter- mine . But worth of sentiment and felicity of expression are lost upon him . Though he prates about the sublimity of ...
... Latin he can cite without limit - and there are few words whose quantity he has not some line of poetry ready to deter- mine . But worth of sentiment and felicity of expression are lost upon him . Though he prates about the sublimity of ...
Էջ 79
... Latin and Greek , your son acquires , while studying these languages . He learns Grammar - a science as really such ... Latin form of the science of Grammar , and that often when he is not acquainted with the English form , through which ...
... Latin and Greek , your son acquires , while studying these languages . He learns Grammar - a science as really such ... Latin form of the science of Grammar , and that often when he is not acquainted with the English form , through which ...
Էջ 80
... Latin scientific nomenclature a deplorable disgrace , which might even yet be remedied , as the English language has ... Latin , as much as a Saxon differs from an Italian , the severe simplicity of the former contrasting most definitely ...
... Latin scientific nomenclature a deplorable disgrace , which might even yet be remedied , as the English language has ... Latin , as much as a Saxon differs from an Italian , the severe simplicity of the former contrasting most definitely ...
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Էջ 118 - 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 109 - To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran ; And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man. Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths ; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.
Էջ 189 - Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest : behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Էջ 81 - The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people. There is not an expression, if we except a few technical terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables.
Էջ 152 - tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Էջ 189 - And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me : nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Էջ 118 - But because our understanding cannot in this body found itself but on sensible things, nor arrive so clearly to the knowledge of God and things invisible, as by orderly conning over the visible and inferior creature, the same method is necessarily to be followed in all discreet teaching.
Էջ 235 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream!" For the soul is dead that slumbers. And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Էջ 39 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this — That in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Էջ 151 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.