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... exercise the mind will be held in due esteem ; and when the instructress of youth will be prized far more for the high intelligence and strength of character which fit her to select and apply them , than for the Protean dexterity which ...
... exercise the mind will be held in due esteem ; and when the instructress of youth will be prized far more for the high intelligence and strength of character which fit her to select and apply them , than for the Protean dexterity which ...
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... exercises that may be open to you . Public examinations of schools or individuals , the routine of school occupa- tions of every class , public or private , are scenes to which you should never lose an opportunity of intro- ducing ...
... exercises that may be open to you . Public examinations of schools or individuals , the routine of school occupa- tions of every class , public or private , are scenes to which you should never lose an opportunity of intro- ducing ...
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... exercise of an energy within itself , will inevitably sink into the degradation of intellectual slavery . Sitting constantly passive at the feet of the teacher , it will con- tract the habit of receiving unresistingly whatsoever is ...
... exercise of an energy within itself , will inevitably sink into the degradation of intellectual slavery . Sitting constantly passive at the feet of the teacher , it will con- tract the habit of receiving unresistingly whatsoever is ...
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... exercise of mental powers awaking to consciousness , and making their first essays as distinctive character prompts . " So build we up the beings that we are ; Thus deeply drinking in the soul of things We shall be wise perforce ...
... exercise of mental powers awaking to consciousness , and making their first essays as distinctive character prompts . " So build we up the beings that we are ; Thus deeply drinking in the soul of things We shall be wise perforce ...
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... exercise for your moral powers , in a field which never fails to yield fruit of the highest relish . If you do justice to your position , enjoyment will overbalance endurance a hundred times . We have of all others , a hopeful task ...
... exercise for your moral powers , in a field which never fails to yield fruit of the highest relish . If you do justice to your position , enjoyment will overbalance endurance a hundred times . We have of all others , a hopeful task ...
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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.