... 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
| 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... | |
| John Dover Wilson - 1929 - 36 páginas
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| Samuel Johnson - 1950 - 972 páginas
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| Samuel Johnson - 1955 - 472 páginas
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| Isaac Watts - 1971 - 352 páginas
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| British Academy - 1977 - 590 páginas
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| British Academy - 1929 - 604 páginas
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