The Improvement of the Mind: To which is Added, a Discourse on the Education of Children and YouthJ. Walker and Company, 1814 - 486 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα vii
... kind providence which brought the Doctor into Sir Thomas Abney's family , and continued him there till his death , a period of no less than thirty- six years . In the midst of his several labours for the glory of God and good of his ...
... kind providence which brought the Doctor into Sir Thomas Abney's family , and continued him there till his death , a period of no less than thirty- six years . In the midst of his several labours for the glory of God and good of his ...
Σελίδα x
... kind and tender attentions of which there are few examples . Dr. Johnson's character of him , in that admirable life he wrote for the English Poets , may be received with confidence . Few men have left such purity of character , or such ...
... kind and tender attentions of which there are few examples . Dr. Johnson's character of him , in that admirable life he wrote for the English Poets , may be received with confidence . Few men have left such purity of character , or such ...
Σελίδα 35
... kind , whether they are the products of their own or foreign na- tions : and in due time , where Providence gives op- portunity , they may travel under a wise inspector or tutor to different parts of the world for the same end , that ...
... kind , whether they are the products of their own or foreign na- tions : and in due time , where Providence gives op- portunity , they may travel under a wise inspector or tutor to different parts of the world for the same end , that ...
Σελίδα 39
... kind , yet are worth nothing when the month or year , or occasion is past for which they were written . Others may be valu- able in themselves for some special purpose , or in some peculiar science ; but are not fit to be perused by any ...
... kind , yet are worth nothing when the month or year , or occasion is past for which they were written . Others may be valu- able in themselves for some special purpose , or in some peculiar science ; but are not fit to be perused by any ...
Σελίδα 43
... kind , because you will not usually find very much new matter in them which you have not al- ready examined . If the writer be remarkable for any peculiar excel- lencies or defects in his style or manner of writing , make just ...
... kind , because you will not usually find very much new matter in them which you have not al- ready examined . If the writer be remarkable for any peculiar excel- lencies or defects in his style or manner of writing , make just ...
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Σελίδα 448 - My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Σελίδα 419 - Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise, of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range : by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities . Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Σελίδα x - ... his mind and aid his restoration to health; to yield him, whenever he chose them, most grateful intervals from his laborious studies, and enable him to return to them with redoubled vigour and delight.
Σελίδα 447 - Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard : I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Σελίδα 84 - 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 xii - Few men have left behind such purity of character, or such monuments of laborious piety. He has provided instruction for all ages; from those who are lisping their first lessons, to the enlightened readers of Malebranche and Locke; he has left neither corporeal nor spiritual nature unexamined; he has taught the art of reasoning, and the science of the stars.
Σελίδα 456 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that, is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Σελίδα 150 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurled, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Σελίδα 207 - Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Σελίδα 187 - 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.