The Modern Preceptor ; Or, a General Course of Education, Τόμος 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810 - 580 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 319
... virtue of the manete , an ill - favoured brownish stone , to which iron spontaneously adheres . They search for the right point [ of the magnet ] , and when they have touched a needle with it , and fixed it on a bit of straw , they lay ...
... virtue of the manete , an ill - favoured brownish stone , to which iron spontaneously adheres . They search for the right point [ of the magnet ] , and when they have touched a needle with it , and fixed it on a bit of straw , they lay ...
Σελίδα 424
... virtue and happiness , without some degree of which man were a savage , and his life a scene of barbarity and wretchedness . The method . Having thus settled the subject and end of the science , the elements of which we are attempting ...
... virtue and happiness , without some degree of which man were a savage , and his life a scene of barbarity and wretchedness . The method . Having thus settled the subject and end of the science , the elements of which we are attempting ...
Σελίδα 424
... virtue , or a sound moral temper , and right conduct consists ; that we may discover whence moral obligation arises . The mea- sure of pow- SECTION II . Of Duty or Moral Obligation . IT is by the end or design of any power or movement ...
... virtue , or a sound moral temper , and right conduct consists ; that we may discover whence moral obligation arises . The mea- sure of pow- SECTION II . Of Duty or Moral Obligation . IT is by the end or design of any power or movement ...
Σελίδα 424
... virtue , and lays the mind open to the most abandoned prosecu- tions . Therefore , " to keep our private passions and de- sires proportioned to our wants , is the just measure and pitch of this class of affections . " Compara- The ...
... virtue , and lays the mind open to the most abandoned prosecu- tions . Therefore , " to keep our private passions and de- sires proportioned to our wants , is the just measure and pitch of this class of affections . " Compara- The ...
Σελίδα 424
... virtue or perfection of every creature lies in following its nature , or acting suitably to the just proportion and har- mony of its several powers ; therefore , " the virtue of a creature endowed with such affections as man , must con ...
... virtue or perfection of every creature lies in following its nature , or acting suitably to the just proportion and har- mony of its several powers ; therefore , " the virtue of a creature endowed with such affections as man , must con ...
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Σελίδα 351 - The great use of studying our predecessors is, to open the mind, to shorten our labour, and to give us the result of the selection made by those great minds of what is grand or beautiful in nature ; her rich stores are all spread out before us ; but it is an art, and...
Σελίδα 54 - Bedford . Berks Buckingham Cambridge . Chester Cornwall Cumberland Derby . . Devon Dorset Durham Essex Gloucester . Hereford Hertford . Huntingdon Kent .... Lancaster . Leicester . Lincoln Middlesex . Monmouth . Norfolk . Northampton Northumberland Nottingham Oxford Rutland Salop .... Somerset Southampton Stafford Suffolk Surrey Sussex Warwick . Westmoreland . Wilts.
Σελίδα 389 - On the same principles they formed the spreading ramifications of the stone-work in the windows, and the stained glass in the interstices ; the one to represent the branches, and the other the leaves, of an opening Grove ; and both concurred to preserve that gloomy light which inspires religious reverence and dread.
Σελίδα 351 - Nor whilst I recommend studying the art from artists, can I be supposed to mean, that nature is to be neglected: I take this study in aid, and not in exclusion, of the other. Nature is, and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible; and from which all excellencies must originally flow.
Σελίδα 533 - ... our veneration and love by an awful and devout recognition of his perfections, and to evidence our gratitude by celebrating his goodness, and thankfully acknowledging all his benefits.
Σελίδα 490 - ... series of cares and labours, to train them up to decency, virtue, and the various arts of life. Nature has therefore provided them with the...
Σελίδα 562 - Temperance, that virtue without pride, and fortune without envy, that gives indolence of body, and tranquillity of mind; the best guardian of youth, and support of old age...
Σελίδα 500 - Let avarice defend it as it will, there is an honest reluctance in humanity against buying and selling, and regarding those of our own species as our wealth and possessions.
Σελίδα 432 - Affections, nor thofe confequent to the Actions, that conftitute MORAL OBLIGATION, or excite in us the Idea of it. That Pleafure is pofterior to the Idea of Obligation, and frequently we are obliged, and acknowledge ourfelves under an Obligation, to...
Σελίδα 424 - Moral Philosophy has this in common with Natural Philosophy, that it appeals to nature or fact ; depends on observation ; and builds its reasonings on plain uncontroverted experiments, or upon the fullest induction of particulars of which the subject will admit.