The Fireside Friend, Or, Female Student: Being Advice to Young Ladies on the Important Subject of Education : with an Appendix, on Moral and Religious Education, from the French of Madame de SaussureMarsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb, 1840 - 377 strán (strany) |
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Strana 9
... tion , without inquiring , to what end its vagaries would tend . The fondness of the sex , for reading works of fiction , is proverbial . But are not the authors of such works laboring to prepare , for their readers , that kind of food ...
... tion , without inquiring , to what end its vagaries would tend . The fondness of the sex , for reading works of fiction , is proverbial . But are not the authors of such works laboring to prepare , for their readers , that kind of food ...
Strana 14
... tion . Let us also examine the nature of education , and the objects which it should have in view . It is of vast importance that you should entertain just views of the bearing which the ideas you now acquire , and the prin- ciples and ...
... tion . Let us also examine the nature of education , and the objects which it should have in view . It is of vast importance that you should entertain just views of the bearing which the ideas you now acquire , and the prin- ciples and ...
Strana 22
... tion , than she was accustomed to ; and when , turning her spinning - wheel , or milking the cows , she saw people pas- sing by in their coaches , she thought they must be like the noble Sir Charles Grandison , the elegant Lord Or ...
... tion , than she was accustomed to ; and when , turning her spinning - wheel , or milking the cows , she saw people pas- sing by in their coaches , she thought they must be like the noble Sir Charles Grandison , the elegant Lord Or ...
Strana 26
... tion of soul . " Many appear to think that the whole business of a teacher is to impart instruction in the different branches of learning . But this is far from being the most anxious concern of him who realizes the importance of early ...
... tion of soul . " Many appear to think that the whole business of a teacher is to impart instruction in the different branches of learning . But this is far from being the most anxious concern of him who realizes the importance of early ...
Strana 31
... tion fills his heart with joy ; the singing of birds , the meek- ness of some domestic animals , and the swiftness and beauty of others , all strike his observant mind . But with still more interest does he view the intelligent beings ...
... tion fills his heart with joy ; the singing of birds , the meek- ness of some domestic animals , and the swiftness and beauty of others , all strike his observant mind . But with still more interest does he view the intelligent beings ...
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Strana 67 - I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they shall have occasion.
Strana 212 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.
Strana 103 - Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron, of sorrow, black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.
Strana 195 - Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?— 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
Strana 25 - When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee...
Strana 26 - So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul : when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Strana 267 - Were they like those of other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination in those times was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions? Had he come upon some wild island, far in the Indian seas; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as he watched for the night to pass away; wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wilderness, or dawn...
Strana 254 - THE SACRED PHILOSOPHY OF THE SEASONS, illustrating The Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year.
Strana 267 - ... to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian Sea ? or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited...