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 xviii
... minds of men , especially of the rising gene- ration , and to promote universal goodness , as this appears to be , may be attended with a blessing from on high . June 26 , 1751 . D. JENNINGS ... MIND . PART I. Directions for xviii PREFACE .
... minds of men , especially of the rising gene- ration , and to promote universal goodness , as this appears to be , may be attended with a blessing from on high . June 26 , 1751 . D. JENNINGS ... MIND . PART I. Directions for xviii PREFACE .
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... MIND . PART I. Directions for the Attainment of useful Know- ledge . INTRODUCTION . No man is obliged to learn and know every thing ; this can neither be sought nor required , for it is utterly impossible : yet all persons are under ...
... MIND . PART I. Directions for the Attainment of useful Know- ledge . INTRODUCTION . No man is obliged to learn and know every thing ; this can neither be sought nor required , for it is utterly impossible : yet all persons are under ...
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... mind with the vast importance of a good judgment , and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning . Re- view the instances of your own misconduct in life ; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had ...
... mind with the vast importance of a good judgment , and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning . Re- view the instances of your own misconduct in life ; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had ...
Σελίδα 9
... minds of honest and enquiring readers , and which make work for noisy controversy ; it is certain there are several things in the Bible yet un- known , and not sufficiently explained ; and it is certain that there is some way to solve ...
... minds of honest and enquiring readers , and which make work for noisy controversy ; it is certain there are several things in the Bible yet un- known , and not sufficiently explained ; and it is certain that there is some way to solve ...
Σελίδα 17
... minds some useful sug- gestion , and give a happy turn to your own thoughts , or the thoughts of those with whom you converse , whence you may derive unspeakable light and satis- faction , in a matter that has long puzzled and en ...
... minds some useful sug- gestion , and give a happy turn to your own thoughts , or the thoughts of those with whom you converse , whence you may derive unspeakable light and satis- faction , in a matter that has long puzzled and en ...
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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.