The American Journal of Education, Volume 3Henry Barnard F.C. Brownell, 1857 - Education |
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... practical training and em- ployment for those boys whose superior faculties demand further development . I have however always avoided merely mechanical trades . Our object is to call all the pow ers into exercise , in combination with ...
... practical training and em- ployment for those boys whose superior faculties demand further development . I have however always avoided merely mechanical trades . Our object is to call all the pow ers into exercise , in combination with ...
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... practical acquaintance with the universal laws of thought , and with the process of perception , abstracted from the ac- tions of the individual constitution : for it is only by a sympathetic intercourse with other minds that we gain ...
... practical acquaintance with the universal laws of thought , and with the process of perception , abstracted from the ac- tions of the individual constitution : for it is only by a sympathetic intercourse with other minds that we gain ...
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... practical effects , especially as displayed in the case of Queen Elizabeth , whose well - known proficiency in Latin he declares to have been attained without any grammatical rules after the very simplest had been mastered . The ...
... practical effects , especially as displayed in the case of Queen Elizabeth , whose well - known proficiency in Latin he declares to have been attained without any grammatical rules after the very simplest had been mastered . The ...
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... practical details which he gives for choosing and using the bow , even to the species of goose , from the wing of which the best feathers are to be plucked for the shaft , but to present his views of the fitness and utility of manly ...
... practical details which he gives for choosing and using the bow , even to the species of goose , from the wing of which the best feathers are to be plucked for the shaft , but to present his views of the fitness and utility of manly ...
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... practical wisdom , of ex- quisitely touched pictures of manners , and of delightful tributes to learning . The discourse concludes in this manner : Tox . This communication handled of me , Philogue , as I know well not per- fectly , yet ...
... practical wisdom , of ex- quisitely touched pictures of manners , and of delightful tributes to learning . The discourse concludes in this manner : Tox . This communication handled of me , Philogue , as I know well not per- fectly , yet ...
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Page 83 - I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Page 83 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 158 - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Page 381 - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Page 32 - I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways, which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 157 - From Paul's I went, to Eton sent, To learn straightways the Latin phrase, Where fifty-three stripes given to me At once I had. For fault but small, or none at all, It came to pass thus beat I was; See, Udal, see the mercy of thee To me, poor lad.
Page 440 - Twas her own country bred the flock so fair ; 'Twas her own labour did the fleece prepare ; And, sooth to say. her pupils, rang'd around, Through pious awe did term it passing rare ; For they in gaping wonderment abound, And think, no doubt, she been the greatest wight on ground...
Page 442 - Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair ; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair : The work so gay that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does...
Page 74 - It shall be the duty of the president, professors, and tutors, of the university at Cambridge, and of the several colleges, and of all preceptors and teachers of academies, and all other instructors of youth, to exert their best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction, the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love...
Page 443 - And hardly she forbears, through awful fear, To rushen forth, and, with presumptuous hand, To stay harsh Justice in its mid career. On thee she calls, on thee her parent dear! (Ah ! too remote to ward the shameful blow !) She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow ; And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe.