The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logic. In Two PartsD. Schaw, 1801 - 462 páginas |
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... Meditation , 136 Chap . XV . Of fixing the Attention , 148 Chap . XVI . Of enlarging the Capacity of the Mind , Chap . XVII . Of improving the Memory , 152 170 Chap . XVIII . Of determining a Question , 192 Chap . XIX . Of inquiring ...
... Meditation , 136 Chap . XV . Of fixing the Attention , 148 Chap . XVI . Of enlarging the Capacity of the Mind , Chap . XVII . Of improving the Memory , 152 170 Chap . XVIII . Of determining a Question , 192 Chap . XIX . Of inquiring ...
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... meditation , or in my notices of the various appearances of things among mankind , they were thrown under those heads which make the present titles of the chapters , and were by degrees reduced to something like a method , such as the ...
... meditation , or in my notices of the various appearances of things among mankind , they were thrown under those heads which make the present titles of the chapters , and were by degrees reduced to something like a method , such as the ...
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... meditations run over the names of all the sciences , with their numerous branches , and innumerable particular themes of knowledge ; and then reflect how few of them you are acquainted with in any to- lerable degree . The most learned ...
... meditations run over the names of all the sciences , with their numerous branches , and innumerable particular themes of knowledge ; and then reflect how few of them you are acquainted with in any to- lerable degree . The most learned ...
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... meditation and studious thought , it is the exercise of your own reason and judgement upon all you read , that gives good sense even to the best genius , and affords your understanding the truest improvement . A boy of strong memory may ...
... meditation and studious thought , it is the exercise of your own reason and judgement upon all you read , that gives good sense even to the best genius , and affords your understanding the truest improvement . A boy of strong memory may ...
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... meditation ; which last , in a most peculiar manner , is called study . Let us survey the general definitions or descriptions of them all . I. OBSERVATION is the notice that we take of all occur- rences in human life , whether they are ...
... meditation ; which last , in a most peculiar manner , is called study . Let us survey the general definitions or descriptions of them all . I. OBSERVATION is the notice that we take of all occur- rences in human life , whether they are ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 422 - 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.
Página 435 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Página 92 - 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...
Página 439 - 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.
Página 51 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.
Página 438 - But when Christ, who is their life, shall appear, they also shall appear with him in glory.
Página 190 - The situation of the several parts of the earth are better learned by one day's conversing with a map or a sea-chart, than by merely reading the description of their situation a hundred times over in books of geography.
Página 33 - 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.
Página 260 - Get a distinct and comprehensive knowledge of the subject which you treat of ; survey it on all sides, and make yourself perfect master of it ; then you will have all the sentiments that relate to it in your view, and under your command, and your tongue will very easily clothe those ideas with words which your mind has first made so familiar and easy to itself. Scribendi recte sapere est et principium etfons, Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur.
Página 155 - 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.