... circumstances of the case. When we consider the obstacles with which it has had to contend, and the causes that have operated to retard and depress it, we have reason to be encouraged with its present aspect, and with the degree of attention and respect... Lectures on the Greek Language and Literature - Sivu 12tekijä(t) Nathaniel Fish Moore - 1835 - 165 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| 1838 - 508 sivua
...with its present aspect, and with the degree of attention and respect it has succeeded in winning from "an age so devoted to the pursuit of gain that it...has not a tendency to promote some pecuniary end." The fact of its having struggled against popular prejudice, ignorance, and envy, and against other... | |
| 1836 - 612 sivua
...perhaps, to excite surprise. These complaints, though founded in error, appeal to the prejudices of un age possessed with such a love of innovation, that...experience, merely because they are ancient; of an age •o devoted to the pursuit of gain, that it regards with little favor what has not a tendency to promote... | |
| 1839 - 658 sivua
...the complaints made of the devotion to classical learning of so great a portion of the time of youth, ought not, perhaps, to excite surprise. These complaints,...to the pursuit of gain, that it regards with little favour what has not a tendency to promote some pecuniary end ; as there were nothing suited to advance... | |
| Charles Harrison Lyon - 1839 - 34 sivua
...aspect, and with the degree of attention and respect it has succeeded in winning to itself, from " an age so devoted to the pursuit of gain, that it regards with little favour what has not a tendency to promote some pecuniary end." In truth, the advancement of sound learning,... | |
| 1840 - 624 sivua
...aspect, and with the degree of attention and respect it has succeeded in winning to itself, from ' an age so devoted to the pursuit of gain, that it regards with little favour what lias not a tendency to promote some pecuniary end.' " In truth, the advancement of sound... | |
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