The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to The Art of Logic: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of Useful Knowledge in Religion, in the Sciences, and in Common Life. To which is Added, a Discourse on the Education of Children and YouthEdwards and Knibb, 1821 - 424 من الصفحات |
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... exer- cise by the child into Latin , while the Latin author is withheld from him ; but he should have the Latin words given him in their first case and tense , and should never be left to seek them himself from a dictionary ; and the ...
... exer- cise by the child into Latin , while the Latin author is withheld from him ; but he should have the Latin words given him in their first case and tense , and should never be left to seek them himself from a dictionary ; and the ...
الصفحة 141
... exer- cise , and the observation of such rules as these : 1. Labour by all means to gain an attentive and patient temper of mind , a power of confining and fixing your thoughts so long on any one appointed subject , till you have ...
... exer- cise , and the observation of such rules as these : 1. Labour by all means to gain an attentive and patient temper of mind , a power of confining and fixing your thoughts so long on any one appointed subject , till you have ...
الصفحة 153
... is the way to remember no- thing ; one idea effaces another . An over - greedy grasp does not retain the largest handful . But it is the exer- cise of memory with a due moderation , that is OF IMPROVING THE MEMORY . 153.
... is the way to remember no- thing ; one idea effaces another . An over - greedy grasp does not retain the largest handful . But it is the exer- cise of memory with a due moderation , that is OF IMPROVING THE MEMORY . 153.
الصفحة 183
... exer- cise of our best powers after the state of manhood : but those things wherein we may possibly mistake should never be so absolutely and finally established and deter- mined as though we were infallible . If the Papists of Great ...
... exer- cise of our best powers after the state of manhood : but those things wherein we may possibly mistake should never be so absolutely and finally established and deter- mined as though we were infallible . If the Papists of Great ...
الصفحة 238
... exer- cises upon such subjects . I will not say that a child ought to believe nonsense and impossibility because his father bids him ; for so far as the impossibility appears he cannot believe it : nor will I say he ought to assent to ...
... exer- cises upon such subjects . I will not say that a child ought to believe nonsense and impossibility because his father bids him ; for so far as the impossibility appears he cannot believe it : nor will I say he ought to assent to ...
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الصفحة 128 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
الصفحة 68 - 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...
الصفحة 376 - 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.
الصفحة 401 - My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
الصفحة 379 - Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
الصفحة 388 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
الصفحة 392 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.
الصفحة 76 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
الصفحة 408 - 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...
الصفحة 17 - Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.