The Prize Book: Of the Publick Latin School in Boston, Issue 1Cummings and Hilliard, 1820 - 317 pages |
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... thing in the same time ? We cannot expect any very distinguished classical scholars till some such arrangement shall ... things ; and 2 9.
... thing in the same time ? We cannot expect any very distinguished classical scholars till some such arrangement shall ... things ; and 2 9.
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... things ; and the most minute analysis is unable to determine their import without the aid of prosody . But prosody can be properly learned only by verse - making . This is an exercise so far mechanical , that the dullest intellect need ...
... things ; and the most minute analysis is unable to determine their import without the aid of prosody . But prosody can be properly learned only by verse - making . This is an exercise so far mechanical , that the dullest intellect need ...
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... " It is well known that at Athens , where Greek flour- ished in its greatest purity , the truest and most refin- ed taste prevailed . This extended even to the lower orders of citizens , and it was no unusual thing 4 25.
... " It is well known that at Athens , where Greek flour- ished in its greatest purity , the truest and most refin- ed taste prevailed . This extended even to the lower orders of citizens , and it was no unusual thing 4 25.
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... thing for an Athenian , while judging of the sentiments of public orators , to prove himself an accurate critic of the pro- priety of their expressions . Shall we then tamely submit , in a country where general information is ac ...
... thing for an Athenian , while judging of the sentiments of public orators , to prove himself an accurate critic of the pro- priety of their expressions . Shall we then tamely submit , in a country where general information is ac ...
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... things , we are less deficient in the means of improvement , than in the skill to use them . A peculiar excellence of our sys- tem is , that it is calculated to be extended in propor- tion to the enlargement of our limits , and the ...
... things , we are less deficient in the means of improvement , than in the skill to use them . A peculiar excellence of our sys- tem is , that it is calculated to be extended in propor- tion to the enlargement of our limits , and the ...
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Popular passages
Page 46 - Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God, a God appears ! A God, a God ! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim the approaching Deity.
Page 44 - Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies : The ^Ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove. Ye Heavens ! from high the dewy nectar pour, And in soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter and from heat a shade.
Page 44 - Oh spring to light, auspicious Babe, be born ! See, Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring, With all the incense of the breathing spring...
Page 48 - The swain in, barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods ; Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn ; To leafless shrubs the flowering palms succeed. And odorous myrtle to the noisome weed.
Page 44 - All crimes shall cease, and ancient frauds shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale ; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.
Page 5 - But, the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness...
Page 35 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Page 46 - Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound. As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care, Seeks freshest pasture and the purest air, Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs, By day o'ersees them, and by night protects ; The tender lambs he raises in his arms, Feeds from his hand, and in his bosom warms : Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage, The promised Father of the future age.
Page 48 - No more shall nation against nation rise, Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes : Nor fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er ; The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes shall bend. And the broad falchion in a ploughshare end. Then palaces shall rise ; the joyful son Shall finish what his short-liv'd sire begun : Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield, • And the same hand that sow'd, shall reap the field.
Page 46 - The SAVIOUR comes! by ancient bards foretold! Hear Him, ye Deaf; and all ye Blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eye-ball pour the day: Tis He th...