 | William Mackenzie - 1808 - 206 pages
...EDWARD PERCIVAL MERRITT OF BOSTON Class of 1882 fub. ACADEMY; OR PICTURE OF YOUTH. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mlndj To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...Then infant reason grows apace, and culls For the kind hand of an assiduous rare. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | William Mackenzie - 1810 - 200 pages
...by J.Harris . AWD HIS PUPILS: BEING A SEQUEL TO THE ACADEMY, OR PICTURE OF YOUTH. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | 1810 - 234 pages
...sentiments become generous ; the carriage endearing ; and the life honorable and useful. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh mstruction o'er the mind. To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls for the kind hand of an assiduous rare. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, to teach the young idea how to shoot, to pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, to breathe th' enliv'ning spirit and to fix the... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - 1812 - 640 pages
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind. To breathe th'cnliv'ning spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1812 - 362 pages
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the miiid To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, ana to fix The... | |
 | John Ovington - 1813 - 168 pages
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand ofan assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | 1813 - 486 pages
...cases, it is recommended by the most powerful arguments. Then, indeed, it becomes a Delightful task to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot; To pour the fresh instructions o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | James Thomson - 1813 - 346 pages
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, 1150 Delight* from a rising OffspringAnd nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss, All various... | |
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Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot... 
