Liberal Education, Or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning, Volumen1C. Dilly, 1785 |
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... writing Exercises VII . On writing Latin Verfe 55 65 VIII . On writing Latin Profe IX . On using Translations X. On learning the Claffics by Heart XI . On improving the Memory 81 91 102 108 XII . On learning Greek , and on the Intro ...
... writing Exercises VII . On writing Latin Verfe 55 65 VIII . On writing Latin Profe IX . On using Translations X. On learning the Claffics by Heart XI . On improving the Memory 81 91 102 108 XII . On learning Greek , and on the Intro ...
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... written on the fubject , I entertain all the respect which is due to them . Their fyftems are plausible , and truly ingenious . The world has long placed them high in the ranks of Fame , and with refpect to their general merit as ...
... written on the fubject , I entertain all the respect which is due to them . Their fyftems are plausible , and truly ingenious . The world has long placed them high in the ranks of Fame , and with refpect to their general merit as ...
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... . Many boys , neglected at this age , have written a good hand , and have made fome pro- grefs in the Latin grammar , before they have B 6 been been able to read with fluency . Their inability in [ n ] SECTION On Elementary Discipline II.
... . Many boys , neglected at this age , have written a good hand , and have made fome pro- grefs in the Latin grammar , before they have B 6 been been able to read with fluency . Their inability in [ n ] SECTION On Elementary Discipline II.
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... written for the use of children , fhould be rendered pleafing to the eye and to the imagina- tion . They fhould abound in cuts * , and should be adorned with gilding , and every at- tractive colour . The matter fhould be not only ...
... written for the use of children , fhould be rendered pleafing to the eye and to the imagina- tion . They fhould abound in cuts * , and should be adorned with gilding , and every at- tractive colour . The matter fhould be not only ...
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... writing thefe little books , is not lefs amiable than her inge- nuity . " There is nothing to hinder a child from acquiring every ufeful branch of knowledge , and every elegant accomplishment fuited to his age , WITHOUT IMPAIRING HIS ...
... writing thefe little books , is not lefs amiable than her inge- nuity . " There is nothing to hinder a child from acquiring every ufeful branch of knowledge , and every elegant accomplishment fuited to his age , WITHOUT IMPAIRING HIS ...
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Página 236 - ... moment of our lives, continue a settled intercourse with all the true examples of grandeur. Their inventions are not only the food of our infancy, but the substance which supplies the fullest maturity of our vigour.
Página 167 - Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools, that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
Página 73 - I shall detain you now no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hillside, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education ; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Página 167 - But the truth is that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth and prove by events the reasonableness of...
Página 297 - In which methodical course, it is so supposed they must proceed by the steady pace of learning onward, as at convenient times for memory's sake to retire back into the middle ward, and sometimes into the rear of what they have been taught, until they have confirmed and solidly united the whole body of their perfected knowledge, like the last embattling of a Roman legion.
Página 72 - ... and, although they may be, and too often are, drawn by the temptations of youth, and the opportunities of a large fortune, into some irregularities when they come forward into the great world, it is ever with reluctance and compunction of mind, because their bias to virtue still continues. They may stray sometimes out of infirmity or compliance, but they will soon return to the right road and keep it always in view.
Página 237 - ... been carefully collected and thoroughly digested. There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention ; and if he has not the power of using them, it must proceed from a feebleness of intellect, or from the confused manner in which those collections have been laid up in his mind. The addition of other men's judgment is...
Página 237 - ... discovery and selection of all that is great and noble in nature. The greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock: he who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations; he will be obliged to imitate himself, and to repeat what he has before often repeated. When we know the subject designed by such men, it will never be difficult to guess what kind of work is to be produced.
Página 236 - When we have had continually before us the great works of Art to impregnate our minds with kindred ideas, we are then, and not till then, fit to produce something of the same species. We behold all about us with the eyes of those penetrating observers whose works we contemplate ; and our minds, accustomed to think the thoughts of the noblest and brightest intellects, are prepared for the discovery and selection of all that is great and noble in nature.
Página 239 - I would wish to find the three together : for how great soever a genius may be, and how much soever he may acquire new light and heat as he proceeds in his rapid course, certain it is that he will never shine...