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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... hour of life calls for some regular exercise of our judgment , as to time and things , persons and actions ; without a prudent and discreet determination in matters before us , we shall be plunged into perpetual errors in our conduct ...
... hour of life calls for some regular exercise of our judgment , as to time and things , persons and actions ; without a prudent and discreet determination in matters before us , we shall be plunged into perpetual errors in our conduct ...
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... hour , than you could obtain by a month of your own solitary labour . Think with yourself with how much ease the God of spirits can cast into your minds some useful suggestion , and give a happy turn to your own thoughts , or the ...
... hour , than you could obtain by a month of your own solitary labour . Think with yourself with how much ease the God of spirits can cast into your minds some useful suggestion , and give a happy turn to your own thoughts , or the ...
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... is another advantage of reading , that we may review what we have read ; we may consult the page again and again , and meditate on it , at successive seasons , t in our serenest and retired hours , having the OF IMPROVEMENT COMPARED . 21.
... is another advantage of reading , that we may review what we have read ; we may consult the page again and again , and meditate on it , at successive seasons , t in our serenest and retired hours , having the OF IMPROVEMENT COMPARED . 21.
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... hours , having the book always at hand : but what we obtain by conversation and in lectures , is oftentimes lost again as soon as the company breaks up , or at least when the day vanishes , unless we happen to have the talent of a good ...
... hours , having the book always at hand : but what we obtain by conversation and in lectures , is oftentimes lost again as soon as the company breaks up , or at least when the day vanishes , unless we happen to have the talent of a good ...
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... hours and the flying minutes , learn a wise improvement of time , and be watch- ful to seize every opportunity to increase in knowledge . From the vicissitudes and revolutions of nations and families , and from the various occurrences ...
... hours and the flying minutes , learn a wise improvement of time , and be watch- ful to seize every opportunity to increase in knowledge . From the vicissitudes and revolutions of nations and families , and from the various occurrences ...
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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.