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 Seiten |
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... hears ; he reads books in the same jovial humour , and has gotten the art of turning every thought and sentence into mer- riment . How many awkward and irregular judgments does this man pass upon solemn subjects , even when he designs ...
... hears ; he reads books in the same jovial humour , and has gotten the art of turning every thought and sentence into mer- riment . How many awkward and irregular judgments does this man pass upon solemn subjects , even when he designs ...
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... hear or feel , which we perceive by sense or consciousness , or which we know in a direct manner , with scarce any exercise of our reflect- ing faculties , or our reasoning powers , may be с 3 TO OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE . 17 III.
... hear or feel , which we perceive by sense or consciousness , or which we know in a direct manner , with scarce any exercise of our reflect- ing faculties , or our reasoning powers , may be с 3 TO OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE . 17 III.
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... hear , from every thing which occurs in human life , from every thing within you or without you . Fetch down some knowledge from the clouds , the stars , the sun , the moon , and the revolutions of all the planets . Dig and draw up some ...
... hear , from every thing which occurs in human life , from every thing within you or without you . Fetch down some knowledge from the clouds , the stars , the sun , the moon , and the revolutions of all the planets . Dig and draw up some ...
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... hear , as they would be with stories that are told , but they do not weigh them in their minds as in a just balance , in order to determine their truth or falsehood ; they make no observations upon them , or inferences from them ...
... hear , as they would be with stories that are told , but they do not weigh them in their minds as in a just balance , in order to determine their truth or falsehood ; they make no observations upon them , or inferences from them ...
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... hear or to bear an opposition to them . 2. When we peruse those authors who defend our own settled sentiments , we should not take all their arguings for just and solid ; but we should make a wise distinction between the corn and the ...
... hear or to bear an opposition to them . 2. When we peruse those authors who defend our own settled sentiments , we should not take all their arguings for just and solid ; but we should make a wise distinction between the corn and the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 379 - Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Seite 388 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.