The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 8 |
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... figure they will make in age . The witty men have sometimes sense enough to know their own foible , and therefore they craftily shun the attacks of argument , or boldly pretend to despise and renounce them ; because they are conscious ...
... figure they will make in age . The witty men have sometimes sense enough to know their own foible , and therefore they craftily shun the attacks of argument , or boldly pretend to despise and renounce them ; because they are conscious ...
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... figures and diagrams , point to the lines and angles , and make out the demonstration in a more intelligible manner by sen- sible means , which cannot be done so well by mere reading , even though we should have the same figures lying ...
... figures and diagrams , point to the lines and angles , and make out the demonstration in a more intelligible manner by sen- sible means , which cannot be done so well by mere reading , even though we should have the same figures lying ...
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... figures in paint- ing ; the deaf will prate of discords in music ; and those who have nothing to do with religion , will arraign the best treatise on divine subjects , though they do not understand the very lan- guage of the scripture ...
... figures in paint- ing ; the deaf will prate of discords in music ; and those who have nothing to do with religion , will arraign the best treatise on divine subjects , though they do not understand the very lan- guage of the scripture ...
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... figure and portraiture is such as none but Apelles could paint . Every poor low genius may ca- vil at what the richest and the noblest hath performed ; but it is a sign of envy and malice , added to the littleness and poverty of genius ...
... figure and portraiture is such as none but Apelles could paint . Every poor low genius may ca- vil at what the richest and the noblest hath performed ; but it is a sign of envy and malice , added to the littleness and poverty of genius ...
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... figure , which is now used in scholastic dis- putations . II . The Socratical way is managed by questions and answers in such a manner as this , viz . If I would lead a person into the belief of a heaven or hell , or a future state of ...
... figure , which is now used in scholastic dis- putations . II . The Socratical way is managed by questions and answers in such a manner as this , viz . If I would lead a person into the belief of a heaven or hell , or a future state of ...
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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.