Mentor, Or, The Moral Conductor of Youth: From the Academy to Manhood ... Being a Sequel to the Art of Teaching ... to which is Added ... an Essay on the Extensive Utility, Advantages and Amusement of Mathematical LearningKnight and Compton, 1801 - 286 strán (strany) |
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Strana viii
... I have formerly , in early life ( and with sincere regret I tell it ) , though naturally well inclined , been sunk in vice , drowned in dissipation , and immersed in pleasure ( falsely INTRODUCTION . ix ( falsely so called ) , but.
... I have formerly , in early life ( and with sincere regret I tell it ) , though naturally well inclined , been sunk in vice , drowned in dissipation , and immersed in pleasure ( falsely INTRODUCTION . ix ( falsely so called ) , but.
Strana 25
... inclined , passion carried all before it , and drove me head- long into dissipation and vice , without being ab- solutely wicked or decidedly continuing long a slave to my desires . Many virtuous struggles and C + much · much remorse of ...
... inclined , passion carried all before it , and drove me head- long into dissipation and vice , without being ab- solutely wicked or decidedly continuing long a slave to my desires . Many virtuous struggles and C + much · much remorse of ...
Strana 26
... inclined ; indeed , the regular and constant employment which business affords to the mind , and the exer- tion , honour , and integrity necessary in the trans- action of affairs of trade and commerce , tend to keep out bad thoughts ...
... inclined ; indeed , the regular and constant employment which business affords to the mind , and the exer- tion , honour , and integrity necessary in the trans- action of affairs of trade and commerce , tend to keep out bad thoughts ...
Strana 45
... inclined to deceit , lucky in your frauds , and even escape without being detected or punished , you will , nevertheless , stand self - condemned , be ashamed to trust yourself with your own thoughts , and wear , in your very ...
... inclined to deceit , lucky in your frauds , and even escape without being detected or punished , you will , nevertheless , stand self - condemned , be ashamed to trust yourself with your own thoughts , and wear , in your very ...
Strana 47
... them by a de- scription of necessitous , dishonestly inclined per- sons of both sexes , termed swindlers , who , under false pretences , and without the least intention to pay , even if they had it in their D 4 to MENTOR . 47.
... them by a de- scription of necessitous , dishonestly inclined per- sons of both sexes , termed swindlers , who , under false pretences , and without the least intention to pay , even if they had it in their D 4 to MENTOR . 47.
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Mentor, Or, The Moral Conductor of Youth: From the Academy to Manhood ... David Morrice Úplné zobrazenie - 1801 |
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acquainted acquired advantage amusement arithmetic arithmetical precision astronomy attention avoid bad company become body CATOPTRICS character companions conduct connexion consequences consider contempt corrupted Creator danger despise duty effects endeavour esteemed expence experience false fatal fatal labyrinth favour feel female fortune friend of humanity friends friendship frugality geometry give gnomonics habit happiness heart hearts of youth honour horse-leeches inclined induce indulgence ingenuous youth innocent instruction interest JITC keep knowledge labour likewise live marriage marry master mathematical learning mathematicians means ments mind morals nature necessary neral ness never notion observed offspring opinion parents passions peaceful line perhaps pleasure practice principles proper PROVERBS racter reason render respect rience risque ruin rules SECT seduction servants shew specting spirit stereometry sure temper thing tion truth unlawful love vice virtue virtuous wife young your's
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Strana 174 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Strana 173 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Strana 173 - Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house : lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel...
Strana 173 - To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Strana 65 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Strana 208 - And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God ; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Strana iii - I cannot refrain from adding,' says he, 'that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all the other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Strana 99 - Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions, swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on his career.
Strana 174 - For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Strana 190 - Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe ; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.