The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 8 |
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... proper an- swers given to all those queries . For this reason also , where time and fortune allows it , young people should be led into com- pany at proper seasons , should be carried abroad to see the fields , and the woods , and the ...
... proper an- swers given to all those queries . For this reason also , where time and fortune allows it , young people should be led into com- pany at proper seasons , should be carried abroad to see the fields , and the woods , and the ...
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... proper occasions , and at proper seasons take a review of them . Such a practice will give you a habit of useful thinking : this will secure the workings of your soul from running to waste , and by this means even your looser moments ...
... proper occasions , and at proper seasons take a review of them . Such a practice will give you a habit of useful thinking : this will secure the workings of your soul from running to waste , and by this means even your looser moments ...
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... proper reflections . XI . Be diligent therefore in observing these directions.- Enter into the sense and argument of the authors you read , ex- amine all their proofs , and then judge of the truth or falsehood of their opinions ; and ...
... proper reflections . XI . Be diligent therefore in observing these directions.- Enter into the sense and argument of the authors you read , ex- amine all their proofs , and then judge of the truth or falsehood of their opinions ; and ...
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... proper , and that he had nothing in him but what was very common or trivial in his discourses on that subject . Hence it comes to pass , that Cairo and Faber who were both bred up to labour and unacquainted with the sciences , shall ...
... proper , and that he had nothing in him but what was very common or trivial in his discourses on that subject . Hence it comes to pass , that Cairo and Faber who were both bred up to labour and unacquainted with the sciences , shall ...
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... proper use , or to improve them further to his own ad- vantage . VI . A student should never satisfy himself with bare attend- ance on the lectures of his tutor , unless he clearly takes up his sense and meaning , and understands the ...
... proper use , or to improve them further to his own ad- vantage . VI . A student should never satisfy himself with bare attend- ance on the lectures of his tutor , unless he clearly takes up his sense and meaning , and understands the ...
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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.