... 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
| David Guy Fountain - 1978 - 124 páginas
...truth of the Gospel and duties of morality to the child's mind. Dr. Johnson remarked, "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... | |
| Walter Wilson - 2001 - 580 páginas
...higher branches of literature, to converse with the lisping infant. " For children (says Dr. 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... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 584 páginas
...— poet, logician, and Christian teacher. We were in some degree elevated above the dense and heavy fog, for the heavens were clear and blue ; but all...whose walls hung the parting breath of this benevolent man might well be an object of the deepest interest to all who follow, however humbly, the faith of... | |
| 1825 - 498 páginas
...instructions of the children's friend. Well did he merit the eulogium bestowed by Dr. Johnson. '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... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - 1166 páginas
...gleaned so much from the Book. From the earliest period of Christian antiquity there were authors who condescended to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit to write poems commemorative of Biblical incidents suited to the capacities of the young, and thoroughly well... | |
| 1841 - 768 páginas
...high commendation, which even his bigotry could not withhold from a Dissenter, — that he knew how " to lay aside the scholar, the philosopher, and the wit, to write little poems of devotion and systems of instruction adapted to the wants and capacities of children :" and... | |
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