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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... a most violent and threatening fever , which leaves him oppressed with great weakness , and puts a stop at least to his public services for some years . from In this distressing season , doubly so to his REV . DR . ISAAC WATTS . vii.
... a most violent and threatening fever , which leaves him oppressed with great weakness , and puts a stop at least to his public services for some years . from In this distressing season , doubly so to his REV . DR . ISAAC WATTS . vii.
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... least : ' and it was a sacred rule among the Pythagoreans , That they should every evening thrice run over the actions and affairs of the day , and examine what their conduct had been , what they had done , or what they had neglected ...
... least : ' and it was a sacred rule among the Pythagoreans , That they should every evening thrice run over the actions and affairs of the day , and examine what their conduct had been , what they had done , or what they had neglected ...
Σελίδα 21
... sufficient , of themselves , to lead us into the attainment of any considerable propor tion of knowledge , at least in an age so much im- proved as ours is , without the assistance of conversa- OF IMPROVEMENT COMPARED . 21.
... sufficient , of themselves , to lead us into the attainment of any considerable propor tion of knowledge , at least in an age so much im- proved as ours is , without the assistance of conversa- OF IMPROVEMENT COMPARED . 21.
Σελίδα 22
... least in many cases ) are much more evident . Whereas , what know- ledge we derive from lectures , reading , and conver sation , is but the copy of other men's ideas , that is , the picture of a picture ; and it is one remove further ...
... least in many cases ) are much more evident . Whereas , what know- ledge we derive from lectures , reading , and conver sation , is but the copy of other men's ideas , that is , the picture of a picture ; and it is one remove further ...
Σελίδα 24
... least when the day vanishes , unless we happen to have the talent of a good memory , or quickly retire and note down what remarkables we have found in those discourses . And for the same reason , and for the want of retiring and writing ...
... least when the day vanishes , unless we happen to have the talent of a good memory , or quickly retire and note down what remarkables we have found in those discourses . And for the same reason , and for the want of retiring and writing ...
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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.