The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 81813 |
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... matters before us , we shall be plunged into perpetual errors in our conduct . Now that which should always be prac- tised ... matter of the highest moment for every one to understand , to judge , and to reason right about the things of ...
... matters before us , we shall be plunged into perpetual errors in our conduct . Now that which should always be prac- tised ... matter of the highest moment for every one to understand , to judge , and to reason right about the things of ...
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... matter through and through , so that you can not be mistaken . And even where you may think you have full grounds of assurance , be not too early , nor too frequent in ex- pressing this assurance in too peremptory and positive a manner ...
... matter through and through , so that you can not be mistaken . And even where you may think you have full grounds of assurance , be not too early , nor too frequent in ex- pressing this assurance in too peremptory and positive a manner ...
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... matter of a book be really valuable and deserving , you may throw it into a better method , reduce it to a more logical scheme , or abridge it into a lesser form ; all these practices will have a tendency both to advance your skill in ...
... matter of a book be really valuable and deserving , you may throw it into a better method , reduce it to a more logical scheme , or abridge it into a lesser form ; all these practices will have a tendency both to advance your skill in ...
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... matter is all strange and new to them , and they join to extol the writer to the skies ; and for the same reason a young academic shall dwell upon a Journal or an observator that treats of trade and politics in a dictatorial style , and ...
... matter is all strange and new to them , and they join to extol the writer to the skies ; and for the same reason a young academic shall dwell upon a Journal or an observator that treats of trade and politics in a dictatorial style , and ...
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... matter of scorn and ridicule ; and yet it was well known , that neither this fine gentleman , nor the courtier , nor the man of wealth , had a grain of devotion in them beyond their horses that waited at the door with their gilded ...
... matter of scorn and ridicule ; and yet it was well known , that neither this fine gentleman , nor the courtier , nor the man of wealth , had a grain of devotion in them beyond their horses that waited at the door with their gilded ...
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Page 7 - DEEPLY possess your mind with the vast importance of a good judgment, and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning. Review the instances of your own misconduct in life; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had escaped, and how much guilt and misery you...
Page 143 - Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Page 106 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 94 - If the mind apply itself at first to easier subjects and things near akin to what is already known, and then advance to the more remote and knotty parts of knowledge by slow degrees, it will be able in this manner to cope with great difficulties, and prevail over them with amazing and happy success.
Page 65 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him.
Page 21 - ... maturity. 4. It is another advantage of reading, that we may review what we have read ; we may consult the page again and again, and meditate on it at successive seasons, in our serenest and retired hours, having the book always at hand...
Page 31 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.