 It is the center of trade, the supreme court of fashion, the umpire of rival talents, and the standard of things rare and precious. It is the place for seeing galleries of first-rate pictures, and for hearing wonderful voices and performers of transcendent...  American Church Review - Page 681882Full view - About this book
 | 1854 - 564 pages
...seeing galleries of first-rate pictures, and for hearing wonderful voices and miraculous performers. It is the place for great preachers, great orators,...greatness and unity go together ; excellence implies a centre. Such, then, for the third or fourth time, is a University ; — I hope I do not weary out the... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Education - 1856 - 422 pages
...seeing galleries of first-rate pictures, and for hearing wonderful voices and miraculous performers. It is the place for great preachers, great orators,...greatness and unity go together; excellence implies a centre. Such, then, for the third or fourth time, is a University ; I hope I do not weary out the reader... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Education, Higher - 1856 - 500 pages
...wonderful voices and miraculous performers. It is the place for great preachers, great orators, great j nobles, great statesmen. In the nature of things, / greatness and unity go together; excellence j implies a centre. Such, then, for the third or fourth time, is a University ; I hope I do not weary... | |
 | 1857 - 502 pages
...presents it in various aspects, we regret to say, of unattainable excellence : — NOTES OF NEW BOOKS. 37 orators, great nobles, great statesmen. In the nature...greatness and unity go together ; excellence implies a centre. Such then, for the third or fourth time, is a University." Now really it is not a University... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1873 - 860 pages
...and the standard of things rare and precious. It is the рЧасе for seeing galleries of first-rate pictures, and for hearing wonderful voices and performers...greatness and unity go together ; excellence implies a centre. And such, lor the third or fourth time, is a University ; I hope I do not weary out the reader... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1873 - 886 pages
...talents, and the standard of things rare and precious. It is the place for seeing galleries of fir¿t-rate pictures, and for hearing wonderful voices and performers...the place for great preachers, great orators, great n.'iblcs, great statesmen. In tlie nature of things, greatness and unity go together ; excellence implies... | |
 | Education - 1873 - 862 pages
...talents, and the standard of things rare and precious.. It is the place for seeing galleries of first-rate pictures, and for hearing wonderful voices and performers...It is the place for great preachers, great orators, groat nobles, great statesmen. In the nature of things, greatness and unity go together ; excellence... | |
 | John Henry Newman - History - 1891 - 442 pages
...talents, and the standard of things rare and precious. It is the place for seeing galleries of first-rate pictures, and for hearing wonderful voices and performers...greatness and unity go together ; excellence implies a centre. And /such, for the third or fourth time, is a University ; I hope j I do not weary out the... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - English language - 1896 - 308 pages
...talents, and the standard of things rare and precious. It is the place for seeing galleries of first-rate pictures, and for hearing wonderful voices and performers of transcendent skill. It is the place 25 for great preachers, great orators, great nobles, great statesmen. In the nature of things, greatness... | |
 | Gertrude Buck, Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris - English language - 1899 - 312 pages
...talents, and the standard of things rare and precious. It is the place for seeing galleries of first-rate pictures, and for hearing wonderful voices and performers...such, for the third or fourth time, is a University; I hope I do not weary out the reader by repeating it. It is the place to which a thousand schools make... | |
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