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-York |
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... the sermons of Dr . BARROW and some other celebrated preachers , minuting
down only the heads of their discourses , and expressing the sense of his author
in language of his own , as he was able to command it at the time of speaking .
... the sermons of Dr . BARROW and some other celebrated preachers , minuting
down only the heads of their discourses , and expressing the sense of his author
in language of his own , as he was able to command it at the time of speaking .
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At the end of the vacation he returned to New - York ; and soon after the
Governors of the college had an opportunity of providing a mathematical
professor , the Archbishop having not been able to procure one . This was Mr .
RoBERT ...
At the end of the vacation he returned to New - York ; and soon after the
Governors of the college had an opportunity of providing a mathematical
professor , the Archbishop having not been able to procure one . This was Mr .
RoBERT ...
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The several classes were now taught by Mr . COOPER , Mr . HARPER , and Dr .
Crossy ; and under such able instructors they had peculiar ' advantages , such as
but few seminaries of so young a standing , especially in America , have ever ...
The several classes were now taught by Mr . COOPER , Mr . HARPER , and Dr .
Crossy ; and under such able instructors they had peculiar ' advantages , such as
but few seminaries of so young a standing , especially in America , have ever ...
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As long as he was able to go abroad without difficulty , he was frequently among
his parishioners , at their own houses , not overlooking the poorest or the
meanest . He conversed familiarly with all of them , and adapted his conversation
to ...
As long as he was able to go abroad without difficulty , he was frequently among
his parishioners , at their own houses , not overlooking the poorest or the
meanest . He conversed familiarly with all of them , and adapted his conversation
to ...
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I never have read the book , and my time has been otherwise so taken up of late ,
that I have not been able to examine it sufficiently to form a proper judgment of it .
The most capital book we have in that kind , I think , is Dr . Taylor ' s Hebrew ...
I never have read the book , and my time has been otherwise so taken up of late ,
that I have not been able to examine it sufficiently to form a proper judgment of it .
The most capital book we have in that kind , I think , is Dr . Taylor ' s Hebrew ...
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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.
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| Titel | 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 ... |
| Autor/in | Thomas Bradbury Chandler |
| Verlag | T. & J. Swords, 1805 |
| Länge | 208 Seiten |
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