 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 σελίδες
...Prov. iii. 17. f PsaL xix. 1 1. J Delightful task ! To rear the tender thought, To teach the younsi idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, and plant The generous purpose in the glowing breast. THOMPSON'S SPRING, p. 57. $ Prov. ». 25. holy... | |
 | John Adams - 1803 - 486 σελίδες
...comfort both of public and domeftic life. May you long continue to be an ornament to your profeffion— " to rear the tender thought, and teach the young idea how to flioot;"— to infpire the pupils, who are intrufted to your care, with that genuine tafte, which cannot... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 σελίδες
...an! calls For tho kind hand of an assiduous cure, Deli;jitlul task ! to rear the tender Thought, To teach the young Idea how to shoot. To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe enlivening spirit, and to lix The generous purpose in the glowing breast , Oh ! speak the joy ! ye... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 σελίδες
...answer love, and render hliss secure. • I '...•:. uclignttul task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To hteathe tV enlivening spirit, and to fii The^nerous purpose in the glowing hreast. Oh speak the joy... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 692 σελίδες
...private citizen, and can at least engage in the more Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, And fix the generous purpose in the glowing breast. Indeed it will b« strange if the being, whom we... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 σελίδες
...and calls For the kind hand of au assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh speak the joy ! ye... | |
 | 1806 - 408 σελίδες
...and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh speak the joy ! ye,... | |
 | D. Roberts - 1806 - 256 σελίδες
...mother's soul, .r- to observe the gradual expansion. of the. intellect of an intelligent child: Vr " To teach the young idea how to shoot ; '. " To pour the fresh instruction on the mind ; — '* to watch the progressive improvement of a rational being ; and by a felici.r tous... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 σελίδες
...render a man less fit for it. While we acknowledge the justness of Thomson's 1736 beautiful remark, " Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, " And teach the young idea how to shoot!" we must consider that this delight is perceptible only by " a mind at ease," a mind at once calm and... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 σελίδες
...apace, and call For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Ah speak the joy ! ye... | |
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Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, . To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. 
