Writings of Hugh Swinton Legaré, Late Attorney General and Acting Secretary of State of the United States: Consisting of a Diary of Brussels, and Journal of the Rhine : Extracts from His Private and Diplomatic Correspondence : Orations and Speeches : and Contributions to the New-York and Southern Reviews : Prefaced by a Memoir of His Life, Embellished with a Portrait, Band 2Burges & James, 1845 |
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... learned languages . " But what shall we say , when in the midst of a society , once distinguished above all others in this country by these very attainments , † a gentleman having so many and such high claims to our respect , as Mr ...
... learned languages . " But what shall we say , when in the midst of a society , once distinguished above all others in this country by these very attainments , † a gentleman having so many and such high claims to our respect , as Mr ...
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... learned as Adam , " is a proverbial saying . We will just remark in passing , that his notions of these primitive and paradisiacal accomplish- ments reminded us , a good deal , of a grave disquisition in Dante's Tractate de Vulgari ...
... learned as Adam , " is a proverbial saying . We will just remark in passing , that his notions of these primitive and paradisiacal accomplish- ments reminded us , a good deal , of a grave disquisition in Dante's Tractate de Vulgari ...
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... learned teachers , or of becoming a literary and refined people , until the education of youth shall be committed to accomplished and elegant , and we will add , enthusiastic scholars . From time to time , indeed , a few of our young ...
... learned teachers , or of becoming a literary and refined people , until the education of youth shall be committed to accomplished and elegant , and we will add , enthusiastic scholars . From time to time , indeed , a few of our young ...
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... learned languages as a sort of Mysteries into which an aspirant can be initiated no where else but in the sacred temple , and by none but hierophants of a privileged race , we need scarcely say , that no superstition was ever more ...
... learned languages as a sort of Mysteries into which an aspirant can be initiated no where else but in the sacred temple , and by none but hierophants of a privileged race , we need scarcely say , that no superstition was ever more ...
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... learned men of past times , Erasmus and Cujas for in- stance , self - taught scholars - the former in an age comparatively barbarous , the latter without the smallest assistance from any teacher - raised themselves to such a height of ...
... learned men of past times , Erasmus and Cujas for in- stance , self - taught scholars - the former in an age comparatively barbarous , the latter without the smallest assistance from any teacher - raised themselves to such a height of ...
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