The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volume 1Houlston and Stonemen, 1866 |
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... universities - the great semi- naries of education - and the system pursued there , to prove the utility of lectures . On inquiry , it will be found that much that is taught to the undergraduates is done by means of lectures ; and if ...
... universities - the great semi- naries of education - and the system pursued there , to prove the utility of lectures . On inquiry , it will be found that much that is taught to the undergraduates is done by means of lectures ; and if ...
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... universities and other seats of learning . Yet of all this immense crowd of regular professional lecturers , how small a per - centage has obtained - I will not say fame , but even notoriety ! Among no set of men appealing to the public ...
... universities and other seats of learning . Yet of all this immense crowd of regular professional lecturers , how small a per - centage has obtained - I will not say fame , but even notoriety ! Among no set of men appealing to the public ...
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... UNIVERSITY EXTENSION . A movement of great importance to all intelligent men has recently been inaugurated at Oxford . It is a topic of earnest discussion among old University men , and it has become so public as well as engrossing ...
... UNIVERSITY EXTENSION . A movement of great importance to all intelligent men has recently been inaugurated at Oxford . It is a topic of earnest discussion among old University men , and it has become so public as well as engrossing ...
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... University by the removal of the qualification of college residence for a degree is highly desirable . " Out ... University Clerical Extension is a tacit acknowledgment of the failure of the " poor student halls , " which were opened ...
... University by the removal of the qualification of college residence for a degree is highly desirable . " Out ... University Clerical Extension is a tacit acknowledgment of the failure of the " poor student halls , " which were opened ...
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... University authorities , who may visit a hostel on any matter relating to the scholars of that hostel . The principal may appoint other persons to assist him in his work , but his locum tenens , or the vice - principal , must be ...
... University authorities , who may visit a hostel on any matter relating to the scholars of that hostel . The principal may appoint other persons to assist him in his work , but his locum tenens , or the vice - principal , must be ...
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Page 306 - Lastly, I should not choose this manner of writing, wherein knowing myself inferior to myself, led by the genial power of nature to another task, I have the use, as I may account it, but of my left hand...
Page 109 - ... For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place ; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool : are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the...
Page 95 - O send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Page 425 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; 5 And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 117 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.
Page 109 - My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him ; Sit thou here in a good place...
Page 117 - O'er the weak thrones of wrong. All thought begins in feeling, — wide In the great mass its base is hid, And, narrowing up to thought, stands glorified, A moveless pyramid.
Page 238 - But critic-learning flourished most in France: The rules a nation, born to serve, obeys; And Boileau still in right of Horace sways. But we, brave Britons, foreign laws despised, And kept unconquered, and uncivilized; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defied the Romans, as of old.
Page 129 - A CLOUD lay cradled near the setting sun ; A gleam of crimson tinged its braided snow ; Long had I watched the glory moving on, O'er the still radiance of the lake below ; Tranquil its spirit seemed and floated slow ; Even in its very motion there was rest ; While every breath of eve that chanced to blow Wafted the traveller to the beauteous west.