Elements of general knowledge: introductory to useful books in the principal branches of literature and science. With lists of the most approved authors; including the best editions of the classics, designed chiefly for the junior students in the universities, and the higher classes in schools. By Henry Kett, ... In two volumesMessrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; Hatchard, Piccadilly; and Egerton, Whitehall; Hanwell and Parker, and J. Cooke, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge, 1803 - Best books |
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... measures , and estimating the merits of thofe who direct the helm of govern- ment ; he cannot form correct opinions , by advert- ing to the plans which have for ages been pursued , as conducive to the best interests of the nation , or ...
... measures , and estimating the merits of thofe who direct the helm of govern- ment ; he cannot form correct opinions , by advert- ing to the plans which have for ages been pursued , as conducive to the best interests of the nation , or ...
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... measures they controuled more frequently from motives of felf- aggrandizement , than ardour for the public good , let us not forget to pay the tribute of justice to unfortunate monarchs . The caftles of Berkley and Pomfret , and in a ...
... measures they controuled more frequently from motives of felf- aggrandizement , than ardour for the public good , let us not forget to pay the tribute of justice to unfortunate monarchs . The caftles of Berkley and Pomfret , and in a ...
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... measure , or at least rendered very difficult to be formed . The conduct of HENRY VIII . exhibited a per- petual struggle of violent paffions . The condem- nation of two of his queens , of the gallant and ac- complished Lord Surry , and ...
... measure , or at least rendered very difficult to be formed . The conduct of HENRY VIII . exhibited a per- petual struggle of violent paffions . The condem- nation of two of his queens , of the gallant and ac- complished Lord Surry , and ...
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... measures , which at another he re- tracted ; writing one day to his House of Com- * Sir Edward Coke , at a time when he was out of favour and a malecontent , declared , that he never knew any complaint made to the King of any abufe out ...
... measures , which at another he re- tracted ; writing one day to his House of Com- * Sir Edward Coke , at a time when he was out of favour and a malecontent , declared , that he never knew any complaint made to the King of any abufe out ...
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... measures of ftate moft proper to be adopted ; and when the conftitution of the country was in reality undergoing an alteration , while it appeared to be the fame as in preceding times . Thofe who fucceeded him discovered the change ...
... measures of ftate moft proper to be adopted ; and when the conftitution of the country was in reality undergoing an alteration , while it appeared to be the fame as in preceding times . Thofe who fucceeded him discovered the change ...
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Page 396 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.
Page 397 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts: others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.
Page 335 - Wherefore, that here we may briefly end: of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world: all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power: both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 319 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 221 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. And as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Page 42 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Page 108 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 52 - Our observation, employed either about external sensible objects, or about the internal operations of our minds, perceived and reflected on by ourselves, is that which supplies our understandings with all the materials of thinking. These two are the fountains of knowledge, from whence all the ideas we have, or can naturally have, do spring.
Page 349 - Nor, letter'd arrogance, deny Thy praise to merit unrefin'd. When fainting nature call'd for aid, And hov'ring death prepar'd the blow, His vig'rous remedy display'd The power of art without the show.
Page 206 - Both day and night: how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator?