The improvement of the mind, or A supplement to the art of logic. By I. Watts. Also his posthumous works, publ. by D. Jennings and P. Doddridge1801 |
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Σελίδα 26
... taught to say , A Jove principium , musan . In the works of learning they thought it necessary to begin with God . Even the poets call upon the muse as a goddess to assist them in their compo- sitions . The first lines of Homer in his ...
... taught to say , A Jove principium , musan . In the works of learning they thought it necessary to begin with God . Even the poets call upon the muse as a goddess to assist them in their compo- sitions . The first lines of Homer in his ...
Σελίδα 35
... taught only by his own " solitary thoughts , without instruction by lectures , reading , or free conversation , " will be in danger of a narrow spirit , a vain con- ceit of himself , and an unreasonable contempt of others ; and after ...
... taught only by his own " solitary thoughts , without instruction by lectures , reading , or free conversation , " will be in danger of a narrow spirit , a vain con- ceit of himself , and an unreasonable contempt of others ; and after ...
Σελίδα 62
... taught by a few rules , and much familiar converse , joined to the reading some proper authors . The dead languages are such as cease to be spoken in any nation ; and even these are more easy to be taught ( as far as may be ) in that ...
... taught by a few rules , and much familiar converse , joined to the reading some proper authors . The dead languages are such as cease to be spoken in any nation ; and even these are more easy to be taught ( as far as may be ) in that ...
Σελίδα 63
... taught among the general rules to young beginners . These will better come in afterwards to be learnt by advanced scholars in a way of notes on the rules , as in the Latin grammar , called the Oxford Grammar , or in Ruddiman's notes on ...
... taught among the general rules to young beginners . These will better come in afterwards to be learnt by advanced scholars in a way of notes on the rules , as in the Latin grammar , called the Oxford Grammar , or in Ruddiman's notes on ...
Σελίδα 66
... taught also the special beauties and ornaments of the language : and this may be done partly by the help of authors who have collected such idioms , and cast them into an easy method , and partly by the judicious remarks which his ...
... taught also the special beauties and ornaments of the language : and this may be done partly by the help of authors who have collected such idioms , and cast them into an easy method , and partly by the judicious remarks which his ...
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Σελίδα 78 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Σελίδα 71 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Σελίδα 343 - I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
Σελίδα 75 - Observe this rule in general; whensoever it lies in your power to lead the conversation, let it be directed to some profitable point of knowledge or practice, so far as may be done with decency; and let not the discourse and the hours be suffered to run loose without aim or design : and when a subject is started, pass not hastily to another, before you have brought the present theme or discourse to some tolerable issue, or a joint consent to drop it.
Σελίδα 135 - ... with certainty. It is most probable that those very fibres, pores, or traces of the brain, which assist at the first idea or perception of any object, are the same which assist also at the recollection of it...
Σελίδα 80 - Banish utterly out of all conversation, and especially out of all learned and intellectual conference, every thing that tends to provoke passion or raise a fire in the blood. Let no sharp language, no noisy exclamation, no sarcasms or biting jests be heard among you ; no perverse or invidious consequences be drawn from each other's opinions, and imputed to the person...
Σελίδα 145 - Sounds which address the ear are lost and die In one short hour ; but that which strikes the eye Lives long upon the mind; the faithful sight Engraves the knowledge with a beam of light.
Σελίδα 238 - Train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Σελίδα 20 - Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge ; and let no day, if possible, pass away without some intellectual gain; such a course, well pursued, must certainlv advance us in useful knowledge.
Σελίδα 26 - Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.