The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 - Education |
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... fays he , proceeded the care of the " ancients , to conceal their eloquence ; in which they " differ very widely from the orators of our age , who " use their utmost efforts to difplay theirs . " He elsewhere gives another still more ...
... fays he , proceeded the care of the " ancients , to conceal their eloquence ; in which they " differ very widely from the orators of our age , who " use their utmost efforts to difplay theirs . " He elsewhere gives another still more ...
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... fays he , are " faulty ; but the firft efpecially , as it denotes fte- " rility , which is worse than the other proceeding " from too fertile a genius . For we muft neither " require or expect a perfect discourse from a child § " but I ...
... fays he , are " faulty ; but the firft efpecially , as it denotes fte- " rility , which is worse than the other proceeding " from too fertile a genius . For we muft neither " require or expect a perfect discourse from a child § " but I ...
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... fays he , give his genius its full fcope , and dif- 66 << cover fertility . Frigidity in mafters is as danger- " ous , especially for children , as a dry and a fcorch- " ed foil for tender plants . A young man in their " hands is always ...
... fays he , give his genius its full fcope , and dif- 66 << cover fertility . Frigidity in mafters is as danger- " ous , especially for children , as a dry and a fcorch- " ed foil for tender plants . A young man in their " hands is always ...
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... fays he , the praifes they deferve , neither would " I have him be too lavish of them ; for the former " difcourages , and the latter makes them too fecure , " which may be of dangerous confequence . When " he meets with any thing that ...
... fays he , the praifes they deferve , neither would " I have him be too lavish of them ; for the former " difcourages , and the latter makes them too fecure , " which may be of dangerous confequence . When " he meets with any thing that ...
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... fays he , can learn nothing at home , " except what he is taught ; but , at fchools he learns " what is taught others . He will daily fee his mafter " approving one thing , correcting another , blaming " the idleness of this boy ...
... fays he , can learn nothing at home , " except what he is taught ; but , at fchools he learns " what is taught others . He will daily fee his mafter " approving one thing , correcting another , blaming " the idleness of this boy ...
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