The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 120A. Constable, 1864 |
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Page 162
... classical antiquity . Homer and Virgil were almost their Bible ; and in their debates , a classical quotation was received with favour , not only as a proof of high culture and a display of ingenuity , but as an appeal to the public ...
... classical antiquity . Homer and Virgil were almost their Bible ; and in their debates , a classical quotation was received with favour , not only as a proof of high culture and a display of ingenuity , but as an appeal to the public ...
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... classical training as the basis of a liberal education ; parents dispose of their children in early youth accordingly ; but if they were asked why they did so , it is probable they would give lamentably weak or un- worthy reasons for it ...
... classical training as the basis of a liberal education ; parents dispose of their children in early youth accordingly ; but if they were asked why they did so , it is probable they would give lamentably weak or un- worthy reasons for it ...
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... classical system of education with the same tenacity with which the advocates of the classical system now oppose the introduction of the new instruments of education afforded by the growth of modern literature and science . We confess ...
... classical system of education with the same tenacity with which the advocates of the classical system now oppose the introduction of the new instruments of education afforded by the growth of modern literature and science . We confess ...
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a Biography 15901632 By John | 1 |
The Horses of the Sahara by General Daumas | 3 |
and Spelling By Henry Alford D D Dean | 39 |
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