The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 8 |
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... Action and Passion , Necessity and Liberty VII . Of relative Affections or Relations 466 488 430 491 494 · 495 497 500 VIII . Of real Relations , ( viz . ) Truth , Goodness and Perfection IX . Of the Whole and Parts 501 504 X. Of ...
... Action and Passion , Necessity and Liberty VII . Of relative Affections or Relations 466 488 430 491 494 · 495 497 500 VIII . Of real Relations , ( viz . ) Truth , Goodness and Perfection IX . Of the Whole and Parts 501 504 X. Of ...
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... actions ; without a prudent and discreet determina- tion in matters before us , we shall be plunged into perpetual errors in our conduct . Now that which should always be prac- tised , must at some time be learnt . Besides every son and ...
... actions ; without a prudent and discreet determina- tion in matters before us , we shall be plunged into perpetual errors in our conduct . Now that which should always be prac- tised , must at some time be learnt . Besides every son and ...
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... actions and affairs of the day , and examine what their conduct had been , what they had done , or what they had . neglected ; and they assured their pupils , that by this method they would make a noble progress in the path of virtue ...
... actions and affairs of the day , and examine what their conduct had been , what they had done , or what they had . neglected ; and they assured their pupils , that by this method they would make a noble progress in the path of virtue ...
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... actions seldom directed by the reason and nature of things , and his passions frequently raised by things of little moment . Where this practice is allowed , it will insensibly warp the judgment to pronounce little things great , and ...
... actions seldom directed by the reason and nature of things , and his passions frequently raised by things of little moment . Where this practice is allowed , it will insensibly warp the judgment to pronounce little things great , and ...
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... actions and thoughts of the living and the dead , in the most remote nations , and in most distant ages ; and that with as much ease as though they lived in our own age and nation . By reading of books we may learn something from all ...
... actions and thoughts of the living and the dead , in the most remote nations , and in most distant ages ; and that with as much ease as though they lived in our own age and nation . By reading of books we may learn something from all ...
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Page 7 - DEEPLY possess your mind with the vast importance of a good judgment, and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning. Review the instances of your own misconduct in life; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had escaped, and how much guilt and misery you...
Page 143 - Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Page 106 - 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.
Page 94 - If the mind apply itself at first to easier subjects and things near akin to what is already known, and then advance to the more remote and knotty parts of knowledge by slow degrees, it will be able in this manner to cope with great difficulties, and prevail over them with amazing and happy success.
Page 65 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him.
Page 21 - ... maturity. 4. It is another advantage of reading, that we may review what we have read ; we may consult the page again and again, and meditate on it at successive seasons, in our serenest and retired hours, having the book always at hand...
Page 31 - 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.