Good Samaritans: Or, Biographical Illustrations of the Law of Human KindnessW.S. Sonnenschein & Company, 1883 - 392 pages |
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... will never , can never give the education dreamed of by Bacon , Milton , or Arnold ; the education that combines full and accurate information with careful mental and moral discipline ; the edu- EVILS OF CLASS TEACHING. ...
... will never , can never give the education dreamed of by Bacon , Milton , or Arnold ; the education that combines full and accurate information with careful mental and moral discipline ; the edu- EVILS OF CLASS TEACHING. ...
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... give it fair opportunities to advance itself by , which could not but mightily redound to the good of this nation , and bring into fashion again those old admired virtues and excellences , with far more advantage now in this purity of ...
... give it fair opportunities to advance itself by , which could not but mightily redound to the good of this nation , and bring into fashion again those old admired virtues and excellences , with far more advantage now in this purity of ...
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... give me in charge , not only to give diligent attendance upon Master Gregory , but also to instruct him with good letters , honest manners , pastyme of instruments , and such other qualities as should be for him meet and convenient ...
... give me in charge , not only to give diligent attendance upon Master Gregory , but also to instruct him with good letters , honest manners , pastyme of instruments , and such other qualities as should be for him meet and convenient ...
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... give the measure all possible coun- tenance and encouragement . " By degrees the movement spread beyond the borders of Gloucestershire . Raikes made it known in the Gentleman's Magazine , also in the European Magazine ; and it so ...
... give the measure all possible coun- tenance and encouragement . " By degrees the movement spread beyond the borders of Gloucestershire . Raikes made it known in the Gentleman's Magazine , also in the European Magazine ; and it so ...
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... give her an account of its position and of the good it had already effected . The Sunday- schools at Brentford were visited by George III . Literature , as represented by Mrs. Trimmer and Hannah More - two names of far greater influence ...
... give her an account of its position and of the good it had already effected . The Sunday- schools at Brentford were visited by George III . Literature , as represented by Mrs. Trimmer and Hannah More - two names of far greater influence ...
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Page 166 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 75 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 102 - Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 401 - Tell them to work while it is called to-day, for the night cometh, when no man can work.
Page 174 - This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment.
Page 278 - O'ER wayward childhood would'st thou hold firm rule, And sun thee in the light of happy faces ; Love, Hope, and Patience, these must be thy graces, And in thine own heart let them first keep school.
Page 32 - I wist, all their sport in the Park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 299 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient...
Page 299 - ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 80 - And there should be no greater comfort to christian persons than to be made like unto Christ, by suffering patiently adversities, troubles, and sicknesses. For he himself went not up to joy, but first he suffered pain ; he entered not into his glory before he was crucified.