The Improvement of the Mind: To which is Added, a Discourse on the Education of Children and YouthEvert Duyckinck, no. 68 Water-street., 1819 - 425 Seiten |
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... common life , pointing out the fairest and most fruitful spots , as well as the rocks , and wilder- nesses , and faithless morasses of the country . But I feel age advancing upon me ; and my health is insuf- ficient to perfect what I ...
... common life , pointing out the fairest and most fruitful spots , as well as the rocks , and wilder- nesses , and faithless morasses of the country . But I feel age advancing upon me ; and my health is insuf- ficient to perfect what I ...
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... common affairs of life , as well as the men : yet the characters which are here drawn occasionally are almost universally applied to one sex ; but if any of the other shall find a character which suits them , they may , by a small ...
... common affairs of life , as well as the men : yet the characters which are here drawn occasionally are almost universally applied to one sex ; but if any of the other shall find a character which suits them , they may , by a small ...
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... well , without thinking and reasoning about them . The common duties and benefits of society , which belong to every man living , as we are social crea- B tures , and even our native and necessary relations to The Introduction -
... well , without thinking and reasoning about them . The common duties and benefits of society , which belong to every man living , as we are social crea- B tures , and even our native and necessary relations to The Introduction -
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... common topics , and thence they took it into their heads to abandon reading and labour , and grow old in ignorance ; but when they had lost their vivacity of animal nature and youth , they be- came stupid and sottish even to contempt ...
... common topics , and thence they took it into their heads to abandon reading and labour , and grow old in ignorance ; but when they had lost their vivacity of animal nature and youth , they be- came stupid and sottish even to contempt ...
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... common , and sen- sible things . The great God of Heaven , for this cause , sends them strong delusions , that they should believe a lię ; and the nonsense of transubstantiation in the popish world , is a most glaring accomplish- ment ...
... common , and sen- sible things . The great God of Heaven , for this cause , sends them strong delusions , that they should believe a lię ; and the nonsense of transubstantiation in the popish world , is a most glaring accomplish- ment ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance appear argument betimes blessed cherubs Christ Christian confess conversation creatures deists discourse dispute divine divine grace doctrine earth evidence fancy Father folly genius give glory gospel grace happy hath heart heaven holy Holy Spirit honour human ideas improvement indulged infinite divisibility inquire instruction ISAAC WATTS Jeroboam Jesus judge judgment knowledge labour language Latin learned learner lest light mankind manner matter meditation memory ment method mind mistake natural philosophy nature necessary neral never observations opinion parents passions perhaps persons piety point of inquiry powers practice praise prejudices profession proper proposition Psalm question reason religion riety rules sacred scripture sense sentiments shew Solomon's temple sometimes sort soul spirit supposed survey syllogism taught teach tences things thou thoughts tion tongue transubstantiation treasure truth tutor understanding virtue wherein wise words writings young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 148 - 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 464 - I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
Seite 435 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Seite 11 - I've heard, from all I've seen? What know I more that's worth the knowing ? What have I done that's worth the doing ? What have I sought that I should shun ? What duty have I left undone ? Or into what new follies run ? These self-inquiries are the road That leads to virtue and to God.
Seite viii - ... his mind and aid his restoration to health; to yield him, whenever he chose them, most grateful intervals from his laborious studies, and enable him to return to them with redoubled vigour and delight.
Seite 433 - 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 202 - Thomas, because thou hast seen thou hast believed ; blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed...
Seite 29 - ... of our own thoughts, that must form our judgment of things. Our own thoughts should join or disjoin these ideas in a proposition for ourselves: it is our own mind that must judge for ourselves concerning the agreement or disagreement of ideas, and form propositions of truth out of them. Reading and conversation may...
Seite xi - Few books have been perused by me with greater pleasure than his Improvement of the Mind, of which the radical principles may, indeed, be found in Locke's Conduct of the Understanding ; but they are so expanded and ramified by Watts, as to confer upon him the merit of a work, in the highest degree, useful and pleasing. Whoever has the care of instructing others, may be charged with deficience in his duty if this book is not recommended.
Seite 433 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels ; not in the bought smile Of harlots, loveless, joyless, unendeared, Casual fruition ; nor in court amours, Mixed dance, or wanton mask, or midnight ball, Or serenade, which the starved lover sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain...