The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 8 |
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... present treatise , if it may assume the honour of that name , is made up of a variety of remarks and directions for the improvement of the mind in useful knowledge . It was collected from the observations which I had made on my own ...
... present treatise , if it may assume the honour of that name , is made up of a variety of remarks and directions for the improvement of the mind in useful knowledge . It was collected from the observations which I had made on my own ...
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... present and in following ages may still find suffi- cient follies , weaknesses and dangers among mankind , to be represented in such a manner as to guard youth against them .粤 These hints , such as they are , I hope may be rendered ...
... present and in following ages may still find suffi- cient follies , weaknesses and dangers among mankind , to be represented in such a manner as to guard youth against them .粤 These hints , such as they are , I hope may be rendered ...
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... present knowledge , that you may be incited with labour and activity to pursue after greater measures . Among others you may find some such methods as these successful . 1.Take a wide survey now and then of the vast and un- limited ...
... present knowledge , that you may be incited with labour and activity to pursue after greater measures . Among others you may find some such methods as these successful . 1.Take a wide survey now and then of the vast and un- limited ...
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... present age , by the blessing of God on the ingenuity and diligence of men , has brought to light such truths in natural philosophy , and such dis- coveries in the heavens and the earth , as seemed to be beyond the reach of man . But ...
... present age , by the blessing of God on the ingenuity and diligence of men , has brought to light such truths in natural philosophy , and such dis- coveries in the heavens and the earth , as seemed to be beyond the reach of man . But ...
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... present thoughts of our tutors or friends which ( though they may be bright and useful ) yet , at first perhaps , may be sudden and indigested , and are mere hints which have arisen to no maturity . 4. It is another advantage of reading ...
... present thoughts of our tutors or friends which ( though they may be bright and useful ) yet , at first perhaps , may be sudden and indigested , and are mere hints which have arisen to no maturity . 4. It is another advantage of reading ...
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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.