The Life of Samuel Johnson, D.D., the First President of King's College, in New-York: Containing Many Interesting Anecdotes; a General View of the State of Religion and Learning in Connecticut During the Former Part of the Last Century; and an Account of the Institution and Rise of Yale College, Connecticut; and of King's (now Columbia) College, New-YorkT. & J. Swords, 1805 - 208 Seiten |
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... language that was used by Moses and the Prophets , and in which the Old Testa- ment was originally written . From this time he became earnestly desirous of learning Hebrew ; and after he was acquainted with it , it afforded him peculiar ...
... language that was used by Moses and the Prophets , and in which the Old Testa- ment was originally written . From this time he became earnestly desirous of learning Hebrew ; and after he was acquainted with it , it afforded him peculiar ...
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... language of his own , as he was able to command it at the time of speaking . In this way , while he greatly im- proved his mind , he acquired a facility of expres- sing himself on any subject . His composing no more than one sermon a ...
... language of his own , as he was able to command it at the time of speaking . In this way , while he greatly im- proved his mind , he acquired a facility of expres- sing himself on any subject . His composing no more than one sermon a ...
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... languages . The effect was , that from the facts in scripture , compared with those of the Primitive Church , it appeared plain to them that the Episcopal government was univer- sally established by the Apostles wherever they propagated ...
... languages . The effect was , that from the facts in scripture , compared with those of the Primitive Church , it appeared plain to them that the Episcopal government was univer- sally established by the Apostles wherever they propagated ...
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... languages , and to superintend their educa- tion ; which office he performed with the utmost vigilance , care , and affection . They were both sent to the college at New - Haven in 1730 , and graduated at the common period . About the ...
... languages , and to superintend their educa- tion ; which office he performed with the utmost vigilance , care , and affection . They were both sent to the college at New - Haven in 1730 , and graduated at the common period . About the ...
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... languages necessary to be used ; and he had also a strong persuasion that such missionaries as he proposed would be much better received by the savages than those of European extraction . These In- dian lads were to be procured from the ...
... languages necessary to be used ; and he had also a strong persuasion that such missionaries as he proposed would be much better received by the savages than those of European extraction . These In- dian lads were to be procured from the ...
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Seite 54 - If you put this question to me," says Sir Robert, "as a minister, I must and can assure you, that the money shall most undoubtedly be paid as soon as suits with public convenience: but if you ask me as a friend, whether Dean Berkeley should continue in America, expecting the payment of 20,000/., I advise him by all means to return home to Europe, and to give up his present expectations.
Seite 85 - He was a man of quick penetration, of extensive learning, and the soundest piety. And he had beyond any other man I ever knew, the talent of writing upon the deepest subjects to the plainest understanding.
Seite 52 - He showed me a little tract which he designs to publish, and there your excellency will see his whole scheme of a life academico-philosophical...
Seite 161 - ... the existence of which I am so far from questioning (as philosophers are used to do), that I establish it, I think, upon evident principles. Now, it seems very easy...
Seite 161 - I had no inclination to trouble the -world with large volumes. What I have done was rather with a view of giving hints to thinking men, who have leisure and curiosity to go to the bottom of things, and pursue them in their own minds.
Seite 52 - Indian scholars and missionaries, where he most exorbitantly proposeth a whole hundred pounds a year for himself, forty pounds for a fellow, and ten for a student.
Seite 7 - Rector take special care, as of the moral behaviour of the Students at all times, so with industry to instruct and ground them well in Theoretical Divinity ; and to that end, shall neither by himself, nor by any other person whomsoever, allow them to be instructed and grounded in any other system, or synopsis, of Divinity, than such as the said Trustees do order and appoint...
Seite 52 - He is an absolute philosopher with regard to money, titles, and power; and, for three years past, has been struck with a notion of founding a university at Bermudas, by a charter from the crown.
Seite 164 - Newhaven hath had a very good effect in reconciling several to the church. I find also by a letter from Mr. Clap that learning continues to make notable advances in your College. This gives me great satisfaction.