The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logic. In Two PartsD. Schaw, 1801 - 462 páginas |
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... least wishing to be better . The atten- tion is caught by indirect instruction , and he that sat down only to reason is , on a sudden , compelled to pray . " It was therefore with great propriety that , in 1728 , he received from ...
... least wishing to be better . The atten- tion is caught by indirect instruction , and he that sat down only to reason is , on a sudden , compelled to pray . " It was therefore with great propriety that , in 1728 , he received from ...
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... least they would have swelled that treatise to an improper size ; and therefore I have made a distinct collection of them here out of various authors , as well as from my own observation , and set them down under the following heads ...
... least they would have swelled that treatise to an improper size ; and therefore I have made a distinct collection of them here out of various authors , as well as from my own observation , and set them down under the following heads ...
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... least and it was a sacred rule among the Pythagoreans , that they should every evening thrice run over the actions and affairs of the day , and examine what their conduct hath been , what they had done , or what they have neglected ...
... least and it was a sacred rule among the Pythagoreans , that they should every evening thrice run over the actions and affairs of the day , and examine what their conduct hath been , what they had done , or what they have neglected ...
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... that the most part of mankind are capable of making , are not sufficient of themselves to lead us into the attainment of any any considerable proportion of knowledge , at least in an CHAP . II . 35 OF IMPROVEMENT COMPARED .
... that the most part of mankind are capable of making , are not sufficient of themselves to lead us into the attainment of any any considerable proportion of knowledge , at least in an CHAP . II . 35 OF IMPROVEMENT COMPARED .
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... least in an age so much improved as ours is , without the assistance of con- versation and reading , and other proper instructions that are to be attained in our days . Yet each of these five me- thods have their peculiar advantages ...
... least in an age so much improved as ours is , without the assistance of con- versation and reading , and other proper instructions that are to be attained in our days . Yet each of these five me- thods have their peculiar advantages ...
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Página 422 - Hail, wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise, of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range : by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities . Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Página 435 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Página 92 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Página 439 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.
Página 51 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.
Página 438 - But when Christ, who is their life, shall appear, they also shall appear with him in glory.
Página 190 - The situation of the several parts of the earth are better learned by one day's conversing with a map or a sea-chart, than by merely reading the description of their situation a hundred times over in books of geography.
Página 33 - Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Página 260 - Get a distinct and comprehensive knowledge of the subject which you treat of ; survey it on all sides, and make yourself perfect master of it ; then you will have all the sentiments that relate to it in your view, and under your command, and your tongue will very easily clothe those ideas with words which your mind has first made so familiar and easy to itself. Scribendi recte sapere est et principium etfons, Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur.
Página 155 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.