The Educational record, with the proceedings at large of the British and foreign school society, Volumes 3-4 |
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... parents with the friends of education could be secured , it is believed that the school might easily be carried to a much greater state of efficiency than hitherto it has reached . 1 " The number of boys at present on the register is ...
... parents with the friends of education could be secured , it is believed that the school might easily be carried to a much greater state of efficiency than hitherto it has reached . 1 " The number of boys at present on the register is ...
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... parents from sending their chil- dren to a school , but their suspicion that the education they get there is not much worth having ; that they would be willing , did they think more highly of that educa- tion , to make great sacrifices ...
... parents from sending their chil- dren to a school , but their suspicion that the education they get there is not much worth having ; that they would be willing , did they think more highly of that educa- tion , to make great sacrifices ...
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... parent more heavily , and therefore tempting him to send his boy to work just at the very time when you most want to retain the youth at school . Again , it tends individually to keep back in the lower classes those children whose parents ...
... parent more heavily , and therefore tempting him to send his boy to work just at the very time when you most want to retain the youth at school . Again , it tends individually to keep back in the lower classes those children whose parents ...
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... parents as to the education of their children , the slightest excuse being sufficient to detain them at home . No sooner does the girl emerge from mere babyhood than she is set to assist in household duties ; or at the age of ten or ...
... parents as to the education of their children , the slightest excuse being sufficient to detain them at home . No sooner does the girl emerge from mere babyhood than she is set to assist in household duties ; or at the age of ten or ...
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... parents are engaged in the service of a very large temple of Sion , not more than fifty yards from our school . About sixty Mahom- metans are at present attending school . The fruits of our labours are now appearing in several young men ...
... parents are engaged in the service of a very large temple of Sion , not more than fifty yards from our school . About sixty Mahom- metans are at present attending school . The fruits of our labours are now appearing in several young men ...
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Page 76 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 75 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business...
Page 75 - ... they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study ; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
Page 76 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant...
Page 19 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 55 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 17 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories ; for never, since created man, Met such embodied force, as named with these Could merit more than that small infantry Warr'd on by cranes ; though all the giant brood Of Phlegra...
Page 55 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which Is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Page 17 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 126 - As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds. Dislodging from a region scarce of prey To gorge the flesh of lambs or yeanling kids On hills where flocks are fed, flies...