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 |
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... description , they must be confined to the narrow limits of a fingle mind . All the beautiful fcenes which spring from the fancy of a poet , and by his lively imagery give fuch entertainment to his readers , if he was deftitute of this ...
... description , they must be confined to the narrow limits of a fingle mind . All the beautiful fcenes which spring from the fancy of a poet , and by his lively imagery give fuch entertainment to his readers , if he was deftitute of this ...
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... descriptions , and is in general fhort , precife , and expreffive . From the defcription of the ve- getable tribes , he proceeded to affign them parti- cular names , and thus familiarized them in fuch a manner , that , by his ...
... descriptions , and is in general fhort , precife , and expreffive . From the defcription of the ve- getable tribes , he proceeded to affign them parti- cular names , and thus familiarized them in fuch a manner , that , by his ...
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... description : and if there be any defect in his four and twenty . claffes , it must be attributed to the neceffary de- ficiency of any artificial arrangement , when ap- plied to the infinite variety of nature . Without any intention to ...
... description : and if there be any defect in his four and twenty . claffes , it must be attributed to the neceffary de- ficiency of any artificial arrangement , when ap- plied to the infinite variety of nature . Without any intention to ...
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... descriptions of the other . The glowing and gorgeous tints of the Florence fchool please the eye at the first view ; but it requires time and comparison to relifh the fimple majefty and fublime forms of the Roman artists . # Of a pure ...
... descriptions of the other . The glowing and gorgeous tints of the Florence fchool please the eye at the first view ; but it requires time and comparison to relifh the fimple majefty and fublime forms of the Roman artists . # Of a pure ...
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... description . A failure in this refpect is rather the defect of the art , than of the artist . Inftead of lavishing immenfe fums upon the Con- tinent in the purchase of more pictures by the old mafters , would it not be more honourable ...
... description . A failure in this refpect is rather the defect of the art , than of the artist . Inftead of lavishing immenfe fums upon the Con- tinent in the purchase of more pictures by the old mafters , would it not be more honourable ...
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Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the ..., Volume 2 Henry Kett Visualização completa - 1803 |
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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?