Systematic Education, Or, Elementary Instruction in the Various Departments of Literature and Science: With Practical Rules for Studying Each Branch of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 - Education |
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... supposed to bear to the objects themselves . Thus a circle , having neither beginning nor end , was the symbol of eternity ; a lion was the hiero- glyphic of strength ; a horse , of liberty . Egypt was the country where this kind of ...
... supposed to bear to the objects themselves . Thus a circle , having neither beginning nor end , was the symbol of eternity ; a lion was the hiero- glyphic of strength ; a horse , of liberty . Egypt was the country where this kind of ...
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... supposed to be so speaking or addressed . These words are then , strictly speak- ing , nouns ; but as they are used for names of persons , they are called PRONOUNS , that is , for - nouns . It is obvious , that the word he , not only ...
... supposed to be so speaking or addressed . These words are then , strictly speak- ing , nouns ; but as they are used for names of persons , they are called PRONOUNS , that is , for - nouns . It is obvious , that the word he , not only ...
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... supposed , that there are no ideas connected with them , but that they are merely contrivances of language . Several classes of abstract nouns are altogether passed over by Mr. Tooke ; and we regret it , because he was eminently ...
... supposed , that there are no ideas connected with them , but that they are merely contrivances of language . Several classes of abstract nouns are altogether passed over by Mr. Tooke ; and we regret it , because he was eminently ...
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... supposed . Respecting the inflexion of pronouns , the same general principles are applicable , as respecting that of nouns . His is obviously he's ; and whatever be the origin of the possessive G 2 termination of the noun , it has the ...
... supposed . Respecting the inflexion of pronouns , the same general principles are applicable , as respecting that of nouns . His is obviously he's ; and whatever be the origin of the possessive G 2 termination of the noun , it has the ...
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... supposed to be con- veyed by it , are merely the inference of custom . If I say to a servant , Bread , it is understood that I wish him to bring me bread , but it is not said : if I say , Bring some bread , in like manner it is ...
... supposed to be con- veyed by it , are merely the inference of custom . If I say to a servant , Bread , it is understood that I wish him to bring me bread , but it is not said : if I say , Bring some bread , in like manner it is ...
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Page 196 - And may at length my weary age Find out a peaceful hermitage ; The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit, and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain. The
Page 155 - thou not minister to a mind diseased ? Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow? Rase out the written troubles of the brain; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the foul bosom of that perilous stuff, That weighs upon the heart
Page 162 - -Within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared,
Page 205 - I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre, all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude! where are the charms That
Page 165 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ! thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of Gods ? Where I had hoped to spend, Quiet, though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Page 193 - On her white breast | a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, | and Infidels adore; Her lively looks, | a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes, J and as unfix'd as those. Favours to none, | to all she smiles extends, Oft she rejects
Page 165 - That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even; which I bred up with tender hand, From the first opening bud, and gave you names ; Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes
Page 126 - an instance of a musical sentence, the following from Milton, in his Treatise on Education: ' We shall conduct you to a hill-side, laborious, indeed, at the first ascent; but else, so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospects,—and melodious sounds on every
Page 167 - So am I.—Are they the seed of Abraham ? So am I.—Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Page 196 - I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre, all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Of