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Example sentences for "scholastick"

Lexicographically close words:
scholarship; scholarships; scholastic; scholastical; scholasticism; scholastics; schold; scholde; scholden; schole
  1. When he had opportunities of mingling with mankind, he cleared himself, as Ford likewise owned, from great part of his scholastick rust.

  2. It has been much disputed, whether Shakespeare owed his excellence to his own native force, or whether he had the common helps of scholastick education, the precepts of critical science, and the examples of ancient authors.

  3. This was a trade for which men were formerly qualified by a literary education, and which was pleasing to Cave, because it furnished some employment for his scholastick attainments.

  4. A scholastick and academical life is very uniform; and has, indeed, more safety than pleasure.

  5. Johnson answered, 'Warburton has most general, most scholastick learning; Lowth is the more correct scholar.

  6. I suppose, with all our scholastick ignorance of mankind, we are still too knowing to expect that the booksellers will erect themselves into patrons, and buy and sell under the influence of a disinterested zeal for the promotion of learning.

  7. Custom and reason have, indeed, set some bounds to scholastick penalties.

  8. Now, Sir, this is so remote from native virtue, from scholastick virtue, that a good man must have undergone a great change before he can reconcile himself to such a doctrine.

  9. The most frequent reproach of the scholastick race is the want of fortitude, not martial but philosophick.

  10. Every language of a learned nation necessarily divides itself into diction scholastick and popular, grave and familiar, elegant and gross: and from a nice distinction of these different parts arises a great part of the beauty of style.


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