The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 81813 |
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... will as unhap- pily bias the judgment on the other side , and incline you to pass a low esteem on the most valuable objects . Whatsoever evil Jo- habit we indulge in practice , it will insensibly 14 THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MIND .
... will as unhap- pily bias the judgment on the other side , and incline you to pass a low esteem on the most valuable objects . Whatsoever evil Jo- habit we indulge in practice , it will insensibly 14 THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MIND .
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... objects , by the consciousness of our own appetites and passions , pleasures , and pains , and by inward experience of the actings of our own spirits , it would be impos- sible either for men or books to teach us any thing . It is obser ...
... objects , by the consciousness of our own appetites and passions , pleasures , and pains , and by inward experience of the actings of our own spirits , it would be impos- sible either for men or books to teach us any thing . It is obser ...
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... object perhaps in a different view , sets it before us in quite another light , and leads us at once into evidence and truth , and that with a delightful surprise . 4. Conversation calls out into light what has been lodged in all the ...
... object perhaps in a different view , sets it before us in quite another light , and leads us at once into evidence and truth , and that with a delightful surprise . 4. Conversation calls out into light what has been lodged in all the ...
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... objects on the mind by observation ; but include also some hints which relate to the first , most easy , and obvious reflections or reason- ings which arise from them . I. Let the enlargement of your knowledge be one constant view and ...
... objects on the mind by observation ; but include also some hints which relate to the first , most easy , and obvious reflections or reason- ings which arise from them . I. Let the enlargement of your knowledge be one constant view and ...
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... object against it , or to ask any question that is a - kin to it ; and let every one that please add their opinion and promote the conversation . the discourse sinks again , or diverts to trifles , let him that reads pursue the page ...
... object against it , or to ask any question that is a - kin to it ; and let every one that please add their opinion and promote the conversation . the discourse sinks again , or diverts to trifles , let him that reads pursue the page ...
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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.