The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: To which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, Studies, and Writings, Bind 1J. Johnson, 1818 |
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... Latin authors , and the gift of a lively imagination , he ad- dicted himself to poetry ; and some of his productions have been deservedly admired . But his studies were so soon turned from the treasures of classical wit to the sources ...
... Latin authors , and the gift of a lively imagination , he ad- dicted himself to poetry ; and some of his productions have been deservedly admired . But his studies were so soon turned from the treasures of classical wit to the sources ...
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... Latin . But some well - meaning friend , fearing he might be spoiled by staying so long at home , advised the sending of him to school . To this his good father , who never was given to make much resistance , readily consent- ed ; and ...
... Latin . But some well - meaning friend , fearing he might be spoiled by staying so long at home , advised the sending of him to school . To this his good father , who never was given to make much resistance , readily consent- ed ; and ...
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... Latin ode of Boëtius , and present it to the tutor in a different Latin metre . This they both did as well as they could : and the contest , in- stead of dividing them , united them ever after , DR . HORNE . 5.
... Latin ode of Boëtius , and present it to the tutor in a different Latin metre . This they both did as well as they could : and the contest , in- stead of dividing them , united them ever after , DR . HORNE . 5.
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... Latin , he used to renew it occasionally by reading over the Moria Encomium of Erasmus , which never failed to reinstate him : and I am persuaded the anecdote may lime praises are bestowed on the Alliance , the Divine Legation , and ...
... Latin , he used to renew it occasionally by reading over the Moria Encomium of Erasmus , which never failed to reinstate him : and I am persuaded the anecdote may lime praises are bestowed on the Alliance , the Divine Legation , and ...
Side 35
... . Horne's death . Our opinion of a great and good man , who has finished his course , ought not to be gathered from the hasty and ardent productions of his youth . wrote well in English and Latin , and composed se- D 2 DR . HORNE . 35.
... . Horne's death . Our opinion of a great and good man , who has finished his course , ought not to be gathered from the hasty and ardent productions of his youth . wrote well in English and Latin , and composed se- D 2 DR . HORNE . 35.
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Side 285 - But rise; let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsewhere; but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe...
Side 139 - Heaven derive their light. These born to judge, as well as those to write. Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
Side 393 - It is an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, "that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.
Side xxxviii - Or the unseen genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the Studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light.
Side 73 - Behold, he cometh with clouds ; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him : and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Side 315 - Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools* that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
Side xxxviii - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Side 128 - Spiritus intus alit: totamque infusa per artus ' Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet ' Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum ' Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus.
Side 235 - Yearly in our course returning, Messengers of shortest stay, Thus we preach this truth concerning, Heaven and earth shall pass away.
Side 315 - ... 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 of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance.