The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 8 |
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... sentiments and rules , many of which I had then in view , and which I now venture into public light . The present treatise , if it may assume the honour of that name , is made up of a variety of remarks and directions for the ...
... sentiments and rules , many of which I had then in view , and which I now venture into public light . The present treatise , if it may assume the honour of that name , is made up of a variety of remarks and directions for the ...
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... sentiments , I do not see what title your head has to true learning above your shelves . Though you have read Philosophy and Theo- logy , Morals and Metaphysics in abundance , and every other art and science , yet if your memory is the ...
... sentiments , I do not see what title your head has to true learning above your shelves . Though you have read Philosophy and Theo- logy , Morals and Metaphysics in abundance , and every other art and science , yet if your memory is the ...
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... sentiments . By his secret and supreme method of government he cau draw you to read such a treatise , or to converse with such a person who may give you more light into some deep subject in an hour , than you could obtain by a month of ...
... sentiments . By his secret and supreme method of government he cau draw you to read such a treatise , or to converse with such a person who may give you more light into some deep subject in an hour , than you could obtain by a month of ...
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... sentiments of others , as well as communicate our sentiments to others in the same manner . Sometimes indeed , though both parties speak by turns , yet the advantage is only on one side ; as , when a teacher and a learner meet and ...
... sentiments of others , as well as communicate our sentiments to others in the same manner . Sometimes indeed , though both parties speak by turns , yet the advantage is only on one side ; as , when a teacher and a learner meet and ...
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... sentiments even of those wise and learned men ; for they have studied hard , and have committed to writing their maturest thonghts , and the result of their long study and experience : whereas by conversation , and in some lectures , we ...
... sentiments even of those wise and learned men ; for they have studied hard , and have committed to writing their maturest thonghts , and the result of their long study and experience : whereas by conversation , and in some lectures , we ...
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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.