British education : or, the source of the disorders of Great Britain. Being an essay towards proving, that the immorality, ignorance, and false taste, which so generally prevail, are the natural and necessary consequences of the present defective system of education. With a attempt to shew, that a revival of the art of speaking, and the study of our own language, might contribute, in great measure, to the cure of those evils. In three parts. I. Of the use of these studies to religion, and morality; as also, to the support of the British constitution. II. Their absolute necessity in order to refine, ascertain, and fix the English language. III. Their use in the cultivation of the imitative arts: shewing, that were the study of oratory made a necessary branch of the education of youth; poetry, musick, painting, and sculpture, might arrive at as high a pitch of perfection in England, as ever they did in Athens or Rome. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral education--Early works to 1800.

Moral education.

Education--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Education.

Oratory--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800.

Oratory.

Young men--Intellectual life--Early works to 1800.

Young men.

Religion--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800.

Religion.

Young women--Intellectual life--Early works to 1800.

Young women.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2], xl, 536 p. )

Other Title:

British education

Place of Publication:

London : printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, M.DCC.LVI [1756]

Notes:

With a half-title.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Alston, X, 221

English Short Title Catalog, T90531.

OCLC:

642725168