The Modern Preceptor ; Or, a General Course of Education, Volume 1Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1810 |
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... greater strength , and greater tenderness : of consequence children were reared with more care , and that care was directed to form them for acting a becoming part in life . According to the circumstances of each nation , the arts which ...
... greater strength , and greater tenderness : of consequence children were reared with more care , and that care was directed to form them for acting a becoming part in life . According to the circumstances of each nation , the arts which ...
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... greater expense than can be afforded by parents in the lowest situation . Ignorance may , indeed , be a very conve- nient quality , in those doomed to exist under superstitious and despotic thraldom ; but that in these highly favoured ...
... greater expense than can be afforded by parents in the lowest situation . Ignorance may , indeed , be a very conve- nient quality , in those doomed to exist under superstitious and despotic thraldom ; but that in these highly favoured ...
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... greater importance than her book or her sampler . Indeed , though the public in generał seem at present to set too high a value on dancing , and though the undue estimation paid to it , seems to be owing to that taste for dissipation ...
... greater importance than her book or her sampler . Indeed , though the public in generał seem at present to set too high a value on dancing , and though the undue estimation paid to it , seems to be owing to that taste for dissipation ...
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... greater piece of severity to confine a prisoner in a solitary cell , than to permit him to mix with others in the same situation : a journey appears far less te dious to a party of travellers , than to him who beats the path alone . In ...
... greater piece of severity to confine a prisoner in a solitary cell , than to permit him to mix with others in the same situation : a journey appears far less te dious to a party of travellers , than to him who beats the path alone . In ...
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... greater advantages for preparing them to enter the world , than they can posssibly be favoured with , if brought up in a private and solitary manner . A great school is a miniature representation of the world at large : the objects ...
... greater advantages for preparing them to enter the world , than they can posssibly be favoured with , if brought up in a private and solitary manner . A great school is a miniature representation of the world at large : the objects ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 98 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water : but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Página 97 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Página 95 - And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey ? and what is stronger than a lion...
Página 98 - Now, when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said. Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased.
Página 91 - Which of them, is he or she ?" 9. As the pronoun relative has no distinction of number, we sometimes find an ambiguity in the use of it : as when we say, " The disciples of Christ, whom we imitate ;" we may mean the imitation either of Christ, or of his disciples. The accuracy and clearness of the sentence, depend very much upon the proper and determinate use of the relative, so that it may readily present its antecedent to the mind of the hearer or reader, without any obscurity or ambiguity.
Página 97 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Página 269 - Thus, that the square of the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, was an experimental discovery, or why did the discoverer sacrifice a hecatomb when he made out its proof ?
Página 85 - The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying of our wants, and riches upon enjoying our superfluities ; and, as Cowley has said in another case, " It is hard for a man to keep a steady eye upon truth, who is always in a battle or a triumph.
Página 88 - And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee ? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Página 90 - It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem should be both perspicuous and sublime. In proportion as either of these two qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect.