The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 8 |
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... sufficient reconciliation of what might seem at first to be scarcely consistent . The language and dress of these sentiments is such as the present temper of mind dictated , whether it were grave or pleasant , severe or smiling . If ...
... sufficient reconciliation of what might seem at first to be scarcely consistent . The language and dress of these sentiments is such as the present temper of mind dictated , whether it were grave or pleasant , severe or smiling . If ...
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... sufficiently satisfied with the good humour and lenity of my readers , if they will please to regard these papers as parcels of ... sufficient encou → ragement to proceed . • THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MIND ; CONTAINING A variety of 4 PREFACE .
... sufficiently satisfied with the good humour and lenity of my readers , if they will please to regard these papers as parcels of ... sufficient encou → ragement to proceed . • THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MIND ; CONTAINING A variety of 4 PREFACE .
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... sufficient time for this , if men would but apply themselves to it with half as much zeal and diligence , as they do to the trifles and amusements of this life ; and it would turn to infi- nitely better account . Thus it appears to be ...
... sufficient time for this , if men would but apply themselves to it with half as much zeal and diligence , as they do to the trifles and amusements of this life ; and it would turn to infi- nitely better account . Thus it appears to be ...
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... sufficient examples of this kind ; nor does Ovid leave out this piece of devotion as he begins his stories of the Metamorphosis . Christianity so much the more obliges us by the precepts of Scripture to invoke the assistance of the true ...
... sufficient examples of this kind ; nor does Ovid leave out this piece of devotion as he begins his stories of the Metamorphosis . Christianity so much the more obliges us by the precepts of Scripture to invoke the assistance of the true ...
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... sufficient of themselves to lead us into the attainment of any considerable proportion of knowledge , at least in an age so much improved as ours is , without the assistance of conversation and reading , and other proper instructions ...
... sufficient of themselves to lead us into the attainment of any considerable proportion of knowledge , at least in an age so much improved as ours is , without the assistance of conversation and reading , and other proper instructions ...
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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.