Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education, Volume 1I. Peirce, 1813 |
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... necessary than principles ; and that it is by implicitly following the former , as they have been laid down by eminent writers , without examining the latter , that disap- pointment has so frequently ensued . The same practice would be ...
... necessary than principles ; and that it is by implicitly following the former , as they have been laid down by eminent writers , without examining the latter , that disap- pointment has so frequently ensued . The same practice would be ...
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... necessary to observe , that the associations which take place in our ideas , are seldom volunteers , but are united by laws that are to the last degree arbi- trary ; and that their union , when once formed , is no longer at the will of ...
... necessary to observe , that the associations which take place in our ideas , are seldom volunteers , but are united by laws that are to the last degree arbi- trary ; and that their union , when once formed , is no longer at the will of ...
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... necessary to the po- et , whose province it is to describe the passions , but to the philanthropist , who wishes to allay their fury . It is the strength of association which ren- ders even the slighest allusion to whatever is in any ...
... necessary to the po- et , whose province it is to describe the passions , but to the philanthropist , who wishes to allay their fury . It is the strength of association which ren- ders even the slighest allusion to whatever is in any ...
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... necessary . Some reading upon the subject she may indeed find expedient , as ideas may be suggested by books which her own experience and reflection may not be able to furnish : but this is no more than she would find necessary , in ...
... necessary . Some reading upon the subject she may indeed find expedient , as ideas may be suggested by books which her own experience and reflection may not be able to furnish : but this is no more than she would find necessary , in ...
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... some considered as not only grace- ful in the female character , but as necessary , to pre vent the consequences of that rashness to which girls may be exposed by their inexperience of the world . For this I consider humility , and its 42.
... some considered as not only grace- ful in the female character , but as necessary , to pre vent the consequences of that rashness to which girls may be exposed by their inexperience of the world . For this I consider humility , and its 42.
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Page 137 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Page 9 - The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself: And it requires art and pains to set it at a distance, and make it its own object.
Page 254 - ... the appellation of benevolence,) these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that, if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarse morsel with a double relish.
Page 15 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice ; and I nm persuaded that in thee also.
Page 21 - Yet empty of all good, wherein consists Woman's domestic honour and chief praise ; Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye...
Page 161 - Unargued I obey : so God ordains; God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Page 253 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Page 181 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind. And the great principle and foundation of all virtue and worth is plac'd in this: that a man is able to deny himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best, tho' the appetite lean the other way.
Page 248 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Page 198 - When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him : the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.