The English Journal of Education, Volume 4Darton and Clark, 1850 - Education |
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... of them , as will enable our readers to form a general idea of their contents . There are , * Journal of Education , January . perhaps , some portions of the present magnificent undertaking which 28 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
... of them , as will enable our readers to form a general idea of their contents . There are , * Journal of Education , January . perhaps , some portions of the present magnificent undertaking which 28 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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... idea of the discipline is , to measure the time lost in school by the idleness or ill - behaviour of the child ; and to repair that loss by an equal length of time occupied in study out of school . I question if this system can be ...
... idea of the discipline is , to measure the time lost in school by the idleness or ill - behaviour of the child ; and to repair that loss by an equal length of time occupied in study out of school . I question if this system can be ...
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... ideas of individual application or exertion . Apart from their wit , they have very little or no originality of thought , and , with a little management , are easily led . It is not difficult to be popular with them either , but they ...
... ideas of individual application or exertion . Apart from their wit , they have very little or no originality of thought , and , with a little management , are easily led . It is not difficult to be popular with them either , but they ...
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... idea that America " is no good ; " and they have told me that it is " a very cold and a very dark country , " and altogether they seem satisfied that London is as good a place for poor Irishmen as can be found . I have four children in ...
... idea that America " is no good ; " and they have told me that it is " a very cold and a very dark country , " and altogether they seem satisfied that London is as good a place for poor Irishmen as can be found . I have four children in ...
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... ideas within me - ideas that are mysteries even to myself . If Sisty , as you call the child ( plague on that un- lucky anachronism ! which you do well to abbreviate into a dissylla- ble ) , if Sisty can't discover all the wisdom of ...
... ideas within me - ideas that are mysteries even to myself . If Sisty , as you call the child ( plague on that un- lucky anachronism ! which you do well to abbreviate into a dissylla- ble ) , if Sisty can't discover all the wisdom of ...
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Page 345 - With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired. Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Page 449 - While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ? What though...
Page 120 - Lower than bondslave ! Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver ; Ask for this great deliverer now, and find him Eyeless in Gaza, at the mill with slaves...
Page 391 - Unoccupied by sorrow of its own, His heart lay open ; and, by nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathy with man, he was alive To all that was enjoyed where'er he went, And all that was endured; for, in himself Happy, and quiet in his cheerfulness, He had no painful pressure from without That made him turn aside from wretchedness With coward fears. He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. Hence it came That in our best experience he was rich, And in the wisdom...
Page 121 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 323 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 120 - O impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom; vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties; not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.
Page 157 - Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 272 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 244 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...