The American Journal of Education, Volume 27Henry Barnard F.C. Brownell, 1877 - Education |
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... persons to Virginia , divers presents of church plate and other ornaments , two hundred pounds already given toward ... person was read , directed to the treasurer , promising five hundred 36 EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN VIRGINIA .
... persons to Virginia , divers presents of church plate and other ornaments , two hundred pounds already given toward ... person was read , directed to the treasurer , promising five hundred 36 EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN VIRGINIA .
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... persons in England should endow Virginia fellowships in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge . He stated that schools in the colony were so few that " there was a very numerous generation of Christian children born in Virginia ...
... persons in England should endow Virginia fellowships in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge . He stated that schools in the colony were so few that " there was a very numerous generation of Christian children born in Virginia ...
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... persons . In 1638 John Harvard left by will the sum of £ 779 in money , and a library of over three hundred books . In 1640 , the General Court granted to the college the income of the Charlestown ferry ; and in 1642 , the Governor ...
... persons . In 1638 John Harvard left by will the sum of £ 779 in money , and a library of over three hundred books . In 1640 , the General Court granted to the college the income of the Charlestown ferry ; and in 1642 , the Governor ...
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... persons interested . If any class or any individuals do not pass satisfactory examination , they are put back , and made to go over the portion of studies in which they are deficient , till they do pass a satisfactory examination . The ...
... persons interested . If any class or any individuals do not pass satisfactory examination , they are put back , and made to go over the portion of studies in which they are deficient , till they do pass a satisfactory examination . The ...
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... persons in town in y English , Latin , and Greek tongue soe as to fit them for y Vniuersity , if desired and they are capa- ble ; alsoe , to teach them good manners and instruct them in yo principles of Christian Religion . ' He is to ...
... persons in town in y English , Latin , and Greek tongue soe as to fit them for y Vniuersity , if desired and they are capa- ble ; alsoe , to teach them good manners and instruct them in yo principles of Christian Religion . ' He is to ...
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Page 460 - Muse, disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme. In distant lands now waits a better time, Producing subjects worthy fame: In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true: In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense ' The pedantry of courts and schools...
Page 608 - And he answered, and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these, which hear the word of God, and do it.
Page 526 - ... and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members...
Page 408 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea.
Page 429 - often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that sun behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting; but now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising, and not a setting sun.
Page 528 - ... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...
Page 607 - And she said; Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.
Page 525 - He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Page 528 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor, whose morals he would make his pattern...
Page 193 - JMD MEIKLEJOHN, MA, Professor of the Theory, History, and Practice of Education in the University of St Andrews.