| Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...every ornament that can render * discourse eai:rla:a!ag, wiunirtg, sinking, and enforcDelightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shnot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the miivl, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fii The... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 766 pages
...an earlier period may be proper,} when the parent or tutor, mould enter upon the " Delightful talk ! To rear the tender thought, ''• To teach the young idea how to fhoot." THOMSON. folly to teach him words before he have gained a knowledge of things. It is neceffary,... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...may roll ; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the sou!." POPE. VIRTUOUS LOVE. DELIGHTFUL task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind. To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
| James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls . For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
| Timothy East - 1817 - 246 pages
...often has the sentiment of the Poet been realized when attending to her enquiries; Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. To pour the first instruction o'er the min<], and plant The generous purpose in the glowing... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calis For the kind hand of an assiduous c^re. Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...things, believeth all things, hopeth all things., endureth all things. St. Paul. 14. Delightful task to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1818 - 376 pages
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care, Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er tiie mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, snd to fix The... | |
| James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - Laziness - 1818 - 316 pages
...The infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'«r the UiiuJ, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...things, believe) h alt things, hopelh all things, endureth all things — St. Pout. 14. Delightful task to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The... | |
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