The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 8 |
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... influence of error , and secure you from the danger of evil books and men , which might otherwise have a fatal effect , and lead you into pernicious mistakes . Nor let this sort of advice fall under the censure of the god- less and ...
... influence of error , and secure you from the danger of evil books and men , which might otherwise have a fatal effect , and lead you into pernicious mistakes . Nor let this sort of advice fall under the censure of the god- less and ...
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... observations , let self with all its influences stand aside as far as possible ; abstract your own interest and your own concern from them , and bid all friend- ships and enmities stand aloof and keep out of the CHAPTER III . 29.
... observations , let self with all its influences stand aside as far as possible ; abstract your own interest and your own concern from them , and bid all friend- ships and enmities stand aloof and keep out of the CHAPTER III . 29.
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... influence upon our eternal felicity or eternal sorrow . XV . There is yet another sort of books , of which it is pro- per I should say something while I am treating on this subject ; and these are history , poesy , travels , books of ...
... influence upon our eternal felicity or eternal sorrow . XV . There is yet another sort of books , of which it is pro- per I should say something while I am treating on this subject ; and these are history , poesy , travels , books of ...
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... influence , Momus will not allow Paradise Lost to be a good poem , be- cause he had read some flat and heavy lines in it , and he thought Milton had too much honour done him . It is a paltry humour that inclines a man to rail at any ...
... influence , Momus will not allow Paradise Lost to be a good poem , be- cause he had read some flat and heavy lines in it , and he thought Milton had too much honour done him . It is a paltry humour that inclines a man to rail at any ...
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... influence upon youth ? Do they not tincture the imagina- tion with folly and vice very early , and pervert it from all that is good and holy . XVII . Upon the whole survey of things it is my opinion , that for almost all boys who learn ...
... influence upon youth ? Do they not tincture the imagina- tion with folly and vice very early , and pervert it from all that is good and holy . XVII . Upon the whole survey of things it is my opinion , that for almost all boys who learn ...
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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.