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... application of its acquirements will follow of course . At the close of a prescribed course of study conducted on this plan , the pupil might well turn to her instructress , and complain of her intellectual equipments , as David did of ...
... application of its acquirements will follow of course . At the close of a prescribed course of study conducted on this plan , the pupil might well turn to her instructress , and complain of her intellectual equipments , as David did of ...
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... application of words cannot exceed our knowledge of things . When we become acquainted with new things and their verbal symbols , we find those symbols capable of new combinations , and of analogical applications in many new and pleas ...
... application of words cannot exceed our knowledge of things . When we become acquainted with new things and their verbal symbols , we find those symbols capable of new combinations , and of analogical applications in many new and pleas ...
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... application clearly under- stood , its full powers brought under tribute . Grammar is confessedly the most difficult lesson a child takes in hand . It is necessarily so . There are few sciences in which a deeper and more refined logic ...
... application clearly under- stood , its full powers brought under tribute . Grammar is confessedly the most difficult lesson a child takes in hand . It is necessarily so . There are few sciences in which a deeper and more refined logic ...
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... application of terms which is so inimical to the cause of truth , and from being deluded by those who use them thus indefinitely . But her native tongue , if thoroughly acquired , will furnish subject for study as long as the term of ...
... application of terms which is so inimical to the cause of truth , and from being deluded by those who use them thus indefinitely . But her native tongue , if thoroughly acquired , will furnish subject for study as long as the term of ...
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... application of the verb ; the derivation of words from one another , the comparison of synonymous words , the use of diminutives , simply such , or expressive of endearment or contempt ; and especially the wide and most interesting ...
... application of the verb ; the derivation of words from one another , the comparison of synonymous words , the use of diminutives , simply such , or expressive of endearment or contempt ; and especially the wide and most interesting ...
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Page 166 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds : pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth^ After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Page 244 - THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 166 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 166 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 9 - For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little...
Page 272 - If the soul be immortal, it requires to be cultivated with attention, not only for what we call the time of life, but for that which is to follow, I mean eternity ; and the least neglect in this point may be attended with endless consequences.
Page 166 - His mirror, with full face borrowing her light From him, for other light she needed none In that...
Page 103 - ... des marchands, qui ruine le commerce en ruinant les hommes qui le font. Sur-tout n'entreprenez jamais de gêner le commerce pour le tourner selon vos vues. Il faut que le prince ne s'en mêle point, de peur de le gêner, et qu'il en laisse tout le profit à ses sujets qui en ont la peine ; - autrement il les découragera: il en tirera...
Page 166 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Page 253 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : to the one we are the savour of death unto death ; and to the other the savour of life unto life.