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... secondary schools of France , decreed by the Revolution and established under the Con- sulate , are said by many good judges to be inferior to the old colleges . By means of the old colleges and of private tutors , the French ...
... secondary schools of France , decreed by the Revolution and established under the Con- sulate , are said by many good judges to be inferior to the old colleges . By means of the old colleges and of private tutors , the French ...
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... secondary instruction to be found is that of the existing public schools , obtain it for their children from a sense of duty , although they can ill afford it , and although its cost is certainly exorbitant . Thus the middle classes ...
... secondary instruction to be found is that of the existing public schools , obtain it for their children from a sense of duty , although they can ill afford it , and although its cost is certainly exorbitant . Thus the middle classes ...
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... secondary schools even more than a university . That may be very true , but they do also want a university ; and to ask for one insti- tution is a simpler affair than to ask for a great many . They are told they have the Queen's ...
... secondary schools even more than a university . That may be very true , but they do also want a university ; and to ask for one insti- tution is a simpler affair than to ask for a great many . They are told they have the Queen's ...
Page 91
... secondary and higher Catholic schools with a public character . They have at present no secondary schools with a public character . As public higher schools the Queen's Colleges have been offered to them ; but they will not use the ...
... secondary and higher Catholic schools with a public character . They have at present no secondary schools with a public character . As public higher schools the Queen's Colleges have been offered to them ; but they will not use the ...
Page 107
... secondary instruction in England can at present pretend . There has just appeared in the French Journal Officiel a report by M. Bardoux , the Minister of Public Instruction , on the present state of the secondary schools in France , and ...
... secondary instruction in England can at present pretend . There has just appeared in the French Journal Officiel a report by M. Bardoux , the Minister of Public Instruction , on the present state of the secondary schools in France , and ...
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Page 19 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 57 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 203 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 423 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 48 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 158 - A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light.
Page 421 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 315 - ... the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty, and the power of social life and manners...
Page 203 - Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods ; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt spur, or the laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arm, to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity.
Page 423 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...