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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... means and the criterion of excellence , our country must , if there be truth and power in the principles of the Reformation , ( and that there is , no man entertains so little doubt as Mr. Grimké ) surpass every people that ever existed ...
... means and the criterion of excellence , our country must , if there be truth and power in the principles of the Reformation , ( and that there is , no man entertains so little doubt as Mr. Grimké ) surpass every people that ever existed ...
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... means of improve- ment within ourselves . Let our young schoolmasters begin by teaching themselves profoundly , thoroughly as it is undoubt- edly in their power to do . There is no earthly reason , except a most inglorious , and to us ...
... means of improve- ment within ourselves . Let our young schoolmasters begin by teaching themselves profoundly , thoroughly as it is undoubt- edly in their power to do . There is no earthly reason , except a most inglorious , and to us ...
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... means that some of the most 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 ...
... means that some of the most 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 ...
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... mean , of course , the attainments for which he is indebted to the school- master and the school . In addition to the New - England authorities , cited in the next note , we beg leave to refer our ... means , as CLASSICAL LEARNING . 15.
... mean , of course , the attainments for which he is indebted to the school- master and the school . In addition to the New - England authorities , cited in the next note , we beg leave to refer our ... means , as CLASSICAL LEARNING . 15.
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... means , as we are more than half inclined to suspect that he does , this system of classical studies , and we scruple not to say , that we should most heartily co - operate with him in his efforts to explode it as soon as possible , as ...
... means , as we are more than half inclined to suspect that he does , this system of classical studies , and we scruple not to say , that we should most heartily co - operate with him in his efforts to explode it as soon as possible , as ...
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