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OverviewGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1818 Original Publisher: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy Subjects: Endowed public schools (Great Britain) England. Education Wales Education Public schools, Endowed (Great Britain) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PREFACE. It has justly been observed, that Nations, as well as particular Persons, have their Infancy, in which they are not only small and weak, but also rude and ignorant. Even those Nations which have arrived at the highest degree of power and greatness, and have been most renowned for all the attributes of Civilization, when traced up to their infant state, are found to have been equally feeble and illiterate. We need not, therefore, be surprised to find, nor ashamed to own, that there was a time, when the Inhabitants of this Island were divided into a great many petty States or Tribes, each of them consisting of rude unlettered Savages.8 The Historians of all those Empires which have become great and eminent, have taken much pains in discovering and describing the progress of their arms, the enlargement of their territories, Henry's Hist, of Great Brit. vol. 1. p. 245, et passim. and the increase of their power and grandeur; but, unhappily, they have not taken the same pains in tracing and delineating the cultivation of their intellectual faculties, and their gradual improvements in Learning and useful Knowledge. While the exploits of every victorious Prince and General, who had contributed to the aggrandizement of his Country, have been recorded with the greatest care, and extolled with the highest praises; the very names of those peaceful Sages, who had enlarged the empire of reason, had improved the minds, and... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicholas CarlislePublisher: General Books Imprint: General Books Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 1.007kg ISBN: 9781150533846ISBN 10: 1150533846 Pages: 698 Publication Date: 20 December 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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