The Student's Manual: Designed, by Specific Directions, to Aid in Forming and Strengthening the Intellectual and Moral Character and Habits of the StudentJ.H. Butler, 1835 - 392 σελίδες |
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... thing well . Johnson . The prize lost . Common things . Euripides . Buonaparte . M'Donough's victory . Tenth direction - temper . Goldsmith's temper . Danger to a student . Manliness . Contentment . Petty troubles . Im- aginary ...
... thing well . Johnson . The prize lost . Common things . Euripides . Buonaparte . M'Donough's victory . Tenth direction - temper . Goldsmith's temper . Danger to a student . Manliness . Contentment . Petty troubles . Im- aginary ...
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... thing to the student . Why this necessity is not felt . Henry Kirke White . How the mind may be rapidly matured . This not desirable . A fashion in this coun- try . Study must endanger health . Who is a hero . The fatigue of study ...
... thing to the student . Why this necessity is not felt . Henry Kirke White . How the mind may be rapidly matured . This not desirable . A fashion in this coun- try . Study must endanger health . Who is a hero . The fatigue of study ...
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... thing . You may not excel in mathematics , or as a writer , or a speaker ; but I honestly believe that every one of my readers is capable of excelling in some de- partment , and will surely do so , if faithful to himself . There was ...
... thing . You may not excel in mathematics , or as a writer , or a speaker ; but I honestly believe that every one of my readers is capable of excelling in some de- partment , and will surely do so , if faithful to himself . There was ...
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... thing more than an intellect of ordinary dimensions as his own . What multitudes of men lie still , and never lift the pen , be- cause the time is not come ! When they come out , it must be in a " great book , " a splendid address , or ...
... thing more than an intellect of ordinary dimensions as his own . What multitudes of men lie still , and never lift the pen , be- cause the time is not come ! When they come out , it must be in a " great book , " a splendid address , or ...
Σελίδα 32
... thing more than his pompous , inflated language ? They seemed to feel that they were wielding the club of Hercules ; but the club , in every instance , was hollow , and the blow resulted in nothing but sound . Of the many who tried to ...
... thing more than his pompous , inflated language ? They seemed to feel that they were wielding the club of Hercules ; but the club , in every instance , was hollow , and the blow resulted in nothing but sound . Of the many who tried to ...
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Σελίδα 327 - I mention this to show from what triflina; circumstances the mind \ '.- " will sometimes derive consolation ; for, though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings...
Σελίδα 332 - I have a short and plain answer: let him study the Holy Scripture, especially the New Testament; therein are contained the words of eternal life : it has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter...
Σελίδα 119 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Σελίδα 330 - Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected, within the same compass, from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Σελίδα 327 - I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.
Σελίδα 278 - But we their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Σελίδα 77 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Σελίδα 77 - It is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black .... fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Σελίδα 327 - The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the Stranger's Friend.
Σελίδα 262 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.