Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryVicesimus Knox J. Johnson, 1808 - 1 pages An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors. |
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Page 213
... wisdom of God was in him to do judg- ment . " Kings , iii . 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 28 . " I said , days should speak ; and multi- tude of years should teach wisdom . But there is a spirit in man : and the inspira- tion of the Almighty ...
... wisdom of God was in him to do judg- ment . " Kings , iii . 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 28 . " I said , days should speak ; and multi- tude of years should teach wisdom . But there is a spirit in man : and the inspira- tion of the Almighty ...
Page 214
... wisdom came to me . " Wisd . vii . 7 . " It is God that leadeth unto wisdom , and directeth the wise . For in his hand are both we and our words ; all wisdom also , and knowledge of workmanship . " Wisd . vii . 15 , 16 . " When I ...
... wisdom came to me . " Wisd . vii . 7 . " It is God that leadeth unto wisdom , and directeth the wise . For in his hand are both we and our words ; all wisdom also , and knowledge of workmanship . " Wisd . vii . 15 , 16 . " When I ...
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... wisdom , they would not have failed to lay hold on such topics , as the wonders of their master's life , and the transcendent purity and perfection of the noble , gene- rous , benevolent morality contained in his precepts , furnished ...
... wisdom , they would not have failed to lay hold on such topics , as the wonders of their master's life , and the transcendent purity and perfection of the noble , gene- rous , benevolent morality contained in his precepts , furnished ...
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Advantages of a good Education | 8 |
On the Immortality of the Soul | 14 |
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