The Modern Preceptor ; Or, a General Course of Education, Band 1Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1810 |
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... writing . When a boy has made such progress as to be able to read with some correctness and facility , it becomes an ob- ject of importance , and of no small difficulty , to deter- mine what books are to be put into his hands , and in ...
... writing . When a boy has made such progress as to be able to read with some correctness and facility , it becomes an ob- ject of importance , and of no small difficulty , to deter- mine what books are to be put into his hands , and in ...
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... writing . If this art is not made disagreeable to him by the manner in which his application to it is required , he will learn it without difficulty . The natural desire of chil dren to imitate , particularly whatever depends on manual ...
... writing . If this art is not made disagreeable to him by the manner in which his application to it is required , he will learn it without difficulty . The natural desire of chil dren to imitate , particularly whatever depends on manual ...
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... writing , they are scarcely more studious of correctness and elegance in this way , than in speaking ; or if they ... write it with more correctness and propriety . The languages of Greece and Rome are besides so highly distinguished ...
... writing , they are scarcely more studious of correctness and elegance in this way , than in speaking ; or if they ... write it with more correctness and propriety . The languages of Greece and Rome are besides so highly distinguished ...
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... writing and accounts . These studies , however important to the young merchant , have no great power to restrain the force of evil passions , or to inspire the mind with virtuous and generous sentiments . Though he is not be burdened ...
... writing and accounts . These studies , however important to the young merchant , have no great power to restrain the force of evil passions , or to inspire the mind with virtuous and generous sentiments . Though he is not be burdened ...
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... writing , with correctness and elegance ; they will refine and polish his mind , and raise him above low and vulgar pleasures : and as no man who has occasion to write , ought to be entirely ignorant of the nature of grammar , the youth ...
... writing , with correctness and elegance ; they will refine and polish his mind , and raise him above low and vulgar pleasures : and as no man who has occasion to write , ought to be entirely ignorant of the nature of grammar , the youth ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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 ?
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.