The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 81813 |
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... Perhaps they may find something here which may awake a latent genius , and direct the studies of a willing mind . Perhaps it may point out to a student now and then , what may employ the most useful labours of his thoughts , and ...
... Perhaps they may find something here which may awake a latent genius , and direct the studies of a willing mind . Perhaps it may point out to a student now and then , what may employ the most useful labours of his thoughts , and ...
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... perhaps would cost much labour and the perusal of many books to attain . He can inform you what new doctrines or sentiments are rising in the world , before they come to be public ; as well as acquaint you with his own private thoughts ...
... perhaps would cost much labour and the perusal of many books to attain . He can inform you what new doctrines or sentiments are rising in the world , before they come to be public ; as well as acquaint you with his own private thoughts ...
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... perhaps we have gotten into a wrong tract of thought ; and our labour ( while we are pursuing a false scent ) is not only useless and unsuccessful , but it leads us per- haps into a train of error for want of being corrected in the ...
... perhaps we have gotten into a wrong tract of thought ; and our labour ( while we are pursuing a false scent ) is not only useless and unsuccessful , but it leads us per- haps into a train of error for want of being corrected in the ...
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... perhaps ever any Briton knew before : and by his manu- scripts , we are more acquainted in this last century with th Turkish sacreds than any one had ever informed us . IV . Let us keep our minds as free as possible from passi- ons and ...
... perhaps ever any Briton knew before : and by his manu- scripts , we are more acquainted in this last century with th Turkish sacreds than any one had ever informed us . IV . Let us keep our minds as free as possible from passi- ons and ...
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... perhaps many of these would appear to be solved when we have proceeded farther in that book , or would vanish of themselves upon a second reading . What we cannot reach and penetrate at first , may be noted down as matter of after con ...
... perhaps many of these would appear to be solved when we have proceeded farther in that book , or would vanish of themselves upon a second reading . What we cannot reach and penetrate at first , may be noted down as matter of after con ...
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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.