 | 1837 - 646 σελίδες
...Let every parent print Cowper's lines upon his memory: — " Our most important are our early years. The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees." It is happily observed in the present pamphlet, that we convert the baby of Agrippina into a Nero.... | |
 | London female mission - 1838 - 444 σελίδες
...TO MOTHERS. " "Pis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes...sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true." " VERILY there is a God that judgeth in the earth,"... | |
 | Mark Wilks - 1838 - 218 σελίδες
...granted and no plainer truth appears Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind improvable and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears...sees ; And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue, That education gives her, false or true. CowPER. When the mind is full of the cares of a family,... | |
 | 1839 - 296 σελίδες
...following lines of Cowper were often suggested to my mind: " Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and...through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That education gives her, false or true." He frequently alluded to the scenes of his early childhood, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 σελίδες
...left behind. 'Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and...sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast. the cluo That education gives her, false or true. Plants raised with tenderness are seldom strong ; Man's... | |
 | Mrs. Maria GURNEY - 1840 - 128 σελίδες
...BY A MOTHER. 'Tis granted, aud no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years ; The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears aud sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That Education gives her, false or true.... | |
 | 1841 - 488 σελίδες
...of forming character, and therefore indubitably of the greatest moment. Then " The mind, improvable and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees ; And through life's labyrinth holds out the clue, That education gives her, false or true." Lord Brougham, the noble advocate of popular... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 σελίδες
...appears, Our most important are our earliest years ; The Mind, impressible and soft, with ease 355 Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew, That Education gives her, false or true, Plants rais'd with tenderness are seldom strong ; Man's coltish... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 σελίδες
...truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years ; The Mind, impressible and soft, with case Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That Education gives her, false or true. Plants raised with tenderness are seldom strong ; Man's... | |
 | Alonzo Potter, George Barrell Emerson - 1842 - 586 σελίδες
...standard high that we shall accomplish the utmost in our power. CHAPTER I. A TEACHER'S PERSONAL DUTIES. " The mind, impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes...through life's labyrinth holds fast the clew That education gives her, false or true." CoWPER. "Yes, it is a grave responsibility which rests upon you.... | |
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Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false... 
