 ... for children he condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion, and systems of instruction, adapted to their wants and capacities, from the dawn of reason through its gradations of advance in...  Pilgrimages to English Shrines - Página 237por Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1850Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1886 - 378 páginas
...the earliest period of Christianity, there were those who, like our divine Watts in modern times, ' condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion adapted to the wants and capacities of children.' " The purpose of these early Christian... | |
 | 1887 - 456 páginas
...modes of thought unite in expressing their admiration. "For children," writes Dr. Johnson, " "Watts condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion." More justly—and without any suggestion that Watts condescended to a task like... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 480 páginas
...the third part of his annual revenue, though the whole was not a hundred a year ; and for children, he condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion, and systems of instruction, adapted to their wants and capacities, from the dawn... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 616 páginas
...finished whole was not a hundred a year ; and for CO H O II CQ EH H O -3 <!l DQ <B 5 ? the children he condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion, and systems of instruction, adapted to their wants and capacities, from the dawn... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1911 - 750 páginas
...beautiful effusions. Dr. Johnson's striking eulogy should not be withheld: "For children," he remarks, "he condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion and systems of instruction, adapted to their wants and capacities, from the dawn... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1911 - 750 páginas
...beautiful effusions. Dr. Johnson's striking eulogy should not be withheld : "For children," he remarks, "he condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion and systems of instruction, adapted to their wants and capacities, from the dawn... | |
 | 1846 - 662 páginas
...From the earliest period of Christian antiquity there were authors who, like Watts in modern times, condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion, adapted to the wants and capacities of children ; and these, set to well-known and... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1914 - 382 páginas
...pleasure."2 Subsequently Watts wrote a simple Catechism for children. " For them," says Johnson, " he condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion, and systems of instruction, adapted to their wants and capacities, from the dawn... | |
 | Johann Michael Reu - 1918 - 744 páginas
...already, namely, the well known composer of hymns Isaac Watts. Samuel Johnson said of him: "For children he condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, and to write little poems of devotion, and systems of instruction adapted to their minds and capacities,... | |
 | Adolph Charles Babenroth - 1922 - 426 páginas
...pleased." Taking further notice of the divine's preoccupation with childhood, Johnson writes that Watts "condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion, and systems of instruction, adapted to their wants and capacities, from the dawn... | |
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