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On The Advantages Of Classical Knowledge.
of the ancients that we owe the promulgation of their beauties , and that any one who has obtained a knowledge of the classics has it in his power not only to acquire the literature and arts of the moderns , but to trace their orig in-and observe their progress , by reading writers from whom that knowledge was in a great measure derived . more advantagesequally obvious and forciblemight be
Many , , adduced in favour of classic literature ; the time taken up in attainment could not be better employed , as the age when its principles are instilled is not suitable to the arduous task of acquiring metap hysical or geometrical knowledge . Surely , then , languages and grammar are best adapted to the capacity of the mind at an early periodThe benefits which flow from the streams of ancient
learn-. ing are of a salubrious nature , and resemble the inundation of the Nile , which , though it may for a short time retard the culture of the soil , always leaves its richness behind , and promotes the growth and increase of the approaching Iv . rvest . To society and to individuals classical knowledge is then of high value , and claims the attention of all those who wish to appear in
any public station with credit ; or in any private one to gain the character of gentlemen and scholars . Fenchurch-Jli-eet , July 5 , 1794 . T .
Extraordinary History Of Jacqueline, Countess Of Hainault.
EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY OF JACQUELINE , COUNTESS OF HAINAULT .
JACQUELINE , only child of William Count of Hainault , was heiress of the provinces of Hainault , Holland , Zealand , and Frieslahd . Nature had bestowed on tiiis her favourite child her choicest g ifts : exquisite beauty , elegance of person , an insinuating addressa livelimaginationand a firmness and intrepidity above her
, y , sex . In the sixteenth year of her age she espoused John eldest son of Charles the sixth , king of , France ; and by this marriage was . flattered with the prospect of sharing the throne of France with a husband whom she adored . But all these hopes of love and grandeur \ yere annihilated by the premature death' of the Dauphin in the second year of their marriagenot without suspicion of being poisoned by his .
, unnatural mother , Isabella of Bavaria . Afflicted with this grievous loss she repaired to Hainault , and found her father on the verge of the grave , anxiously intent on securing to his beloved Jacqueline the succession of his dominions , and in providing her with a husband who mig ht be able to repress the civil commotions which had long agitated the county of Hainault , and
repel the encroachments of the neighbouring powers . With this view , he recommended to her choice her cousin John the fourth , V , HI , E
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Advantages Of Classical Knowledge.
of the ancients that we owe the promulgation of their beauties , and that any one who has obtained a knowledge of the classics has it in his power not only to acquire the literature and arts of the moderns , but to trace their orig in-and observe their progress , by reading writers from whom that knowledge was in a great measure derived . more advantagesequally obvious and forciblemight be
Many , , adduced in favour of classic literature ; the time taken up in attainment could not be better employed , as the age when its principles are instilled is not suitable to the arduous task of acquiring metap hysical or geometrical knowledge . Surely , then , languages and grammar are best adapted to the capacity of the mind at an early periodThe benefits which flow from the streams of ancient
learn-. ing are of a salubrious nature , and resemble the inundation of the Nile , which , though it may for a short time retard the culture of the soil , always leaves its richness behind , and promotes the growth and increase of the approaching Iv . rvest . To society and to individuals classical knowledge is then of high value , and claims the attention of all those who wish to appear in
any public station with credit ; or in any private one to gain the character of gentlemen and scholars . Fenchurch-Jli-eet , July 5 , 1794 . T .
Extraordinary History Of Jacqueline, Countess Of Hainault.
EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY OF JACQUELINE , COUNTESS OF HAINAULT .
JACQUELINE , only child of William Count of Hainault , was heiress of the provinces of Hainault , Holland , Zealand , and Frieslahd . Nature had bestowed on tiiis her favourite child her choicest g ifts : exquisite beauty , elegance of person , an insinuating addressa livelimaginationand a firmness and intrepidity above her
, y , sex . In the sixteenth year of her age she espoused John eldest son of Charles the sixth , king of , France ; and by this marriage was . flattered with the prospect of sharing the throne of France with a husband whom she adored . But all these hopes of love and grandeur \ yere annihilated by the premature death' of the Dauphin in the second year of their marriagenot without suspicion of being poisoned by his .
, unnatural mother , Isabella of Bavaria . Afflicted with this grievous loss she repaired to Hainault , and found her father on the verge of the grave , anxiously intent on securing to his beloved Jacqueline the succession of his dominions , and in providing her with a husband who mig ht be able to repress the civil commotions which had long agitated the county of Hainault , and
repel the encroachments of the neighbouring powers . With this view , he recommended to her choice her cousin John the fourth , V , HI , E