The Infant System: For Developing the Physical, Intellectual and Moral Powers of All Children, from One to Seven Years of AgeArguments to show the importance of exercise, might be drawn from every part of the animal economy. Without it, the circulation of the blood cannot be properly carried on, nor the different secretions duly performed; neither can the fluids be properly prepared, nor the solids rendered firm or strong. The action of the heart, the motion of the lungs, and all the vital functions, are greatly assisted by exercise. But to point out the manner in which these effects are produced, would lead us beyond the present subject. |
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... round a little boy , who , it appeared , had stolen a brass weight from the shop of a grocer . The account the shopman gave was as follows : He stated , that three boys came into the shop for half - an - ounce of candied horehound , and ...
... round a little boy , who , it appeared , had stolen a brass weight from the shop of a grocer . The account the shopman gave was as follows : He stated , that three boys came into the shop for half - an - ounce of candied horehound , and ...
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... a watchman was going his round , when , on trying a warehouse in which there was much valuable property , to see whether it was safe , he heard the little prisoner cry . The persons who had the care of the 6 ON INFANT EDUCATION .
... a watchman was going his round , when , on trying a warehouse in which there was much valuable property , to see whether it was safe , he heard the little prisoner cry . The persons who had the care of the 6 ON INFANT EDUCATION .
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... round many of the squares in town , and in more than a solitary instance , have found that not one gate in ten had any brass - work over the key - hole ; it had evidently been wrenched off ; a small piece of the brass still remaining on ...
... round many of the squares in town , and in more than a solitary instance , have found that not one gate in ten had any brass - work over the key - hole ; it had evidently been wrenched off ; a small piece of the brass still remaining on ...
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... rounded , as it necessarily must be , by the preju- dices of his calling or other circumstances . He might persevere , but in the end it was to be feared he would find it too late . Let him take a younger subject , say nine or ten years ...
... rounded , as it necessarily must be , by the preju- dices of his calling or other circumstances . He might persevere , but in the end it was to be feared he would find it too late . Let him take a younger subject , say nine or ten years ...
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... round the school - room , with their backs against the wall . A school according to the plan in the frontispiece , will be found large enough for all the purposes of an infant school ; but if wished to be more commodious , it may be of ...
... round the school - room , with their backs against the wall . A school according to the plan in the frontispiece , will be found large enough for all the purposes of an infant school ; but if wished to be more commodious , it may be of ...
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Page 211 - And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
Page 209 - For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
Page 97 - 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 generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 221 - Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, "O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it.
Page 210 - And he told it to his father, and to his brethren : and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed ? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth ? And his brethren envied him ; but his father observed the saying.
Page 214 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 216 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,
Page 157 - My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither be weary of His correction: for whom the Lord loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Page 218 - And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Page 221 - And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.