The Modern Preceptor ; Or, a General Course of Education, Volume 1Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1810 |
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... expression which occurs to them , because it is barbarous or ungrammatical : as they grow up they learned to speak from their parents , their nurses , and others about them ; they were soon able to make known in words their wants ...
... expression which occurs to them , because it is barbarous or ungrammatical : as they grow up they learned to speak from their parents , their nurses , and others about them ; they were soon able to make known in words their wants ...
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... expressed in his countenance but de- jection or indignation . Let him be examined respecting his lesson ; he replies with confusion and hesitation , and soon will show that he has spent his time without making any progress in learning ...
... expressed in his countenance but de- jection or indignation . Let him be examined respecting his lesson ; he replies with confusion and hesitation , and soon will show that he has spent his time without making any progress in learning ...
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... expression . Some seem to wish ( but surely it cannot be their serious wish ) that , in order to acquire a knowledge of the world , young people should be very early introduced into what is affectedly called fashionable company ...
... expression . Some seem to wish ( but surely it cannot be their serious wish ) that , in order to acquire a knowledge of the world , young people should be very early introduced into what is affectedly called fashionable company ...
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... expression of Passion ; whereas in man , language , as the organ of reason , to which it gives its proper activity , use , and ornament , becomes a vehicle for a boundless variety of expression adapted to the various pow- ers and ...
... expression of Passion ; whereas in man , language , as the organ of reason , to which it gives its proper activity , use , and ornament , becomes a vehicle for a boundless variety of expression adapted to the various pow- ers and ...
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... expression of ideas . The pictures of the Mexicans , and the hierogly- phics of the Egyptians , were , without doubt , very ingenious contrivances , and mark the various efforts made by human ingenuity , towards expressing , by objects ...
... expression of ideas . The pictures of the Mexicans , and the hierogly- phics of the Egyptians , were , without doubt , very ingenious contrivances , and mark the various efforts made by human ingenuity , towards expressing , by objects ...
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Page 98 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water : but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Page 97 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come ? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 95 - And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey ? and what is stronger than a lion...
Page 98 - Now, when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said. Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased.
Page 91 - Which of them, is he or she ?" 9. As the pronoun relative has no distinction of number, we sometimes find an ambiguity in the use of it : as when we say, " The disciples of Christ, whom we imitate ;" we may mean the imitation either of Christ, or of his disciples. The accuracy and clearness of the sentence, depend very much upon the proper and determinate use of the relative, so that it may readily present its antecedent to the mind of the hearer or reader, without any obscurity or ambiguity.
Page 97 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 269 - Thus, that the square of the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, was an experimental discovery, or why did the discoverer sacrifice a hecatomb when he made out its proof ?
Page 85 - The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying of our wants, and riches upon enjoying our superfluities ; and, as Cowley has said in another case, " It is hard for a man to keep a steady eye upon truth, who is always in a battle or a triumph.
Page 88 - And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee ? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Page 90 - It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem should be both perspicuous and sublime. In proportion as either of these two qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect.