A Treatise on the Conduct of the UnderstandingS. Andrus, 1849 - 132 pagina's |
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Pagina 16
... of a like ability . What incredi- ble and astonishing actions do we find rope- dancers and tumblers bring their bodies to ! Not but that sundry , in almost all manual arts 16 OF THE CONDUCT Practice and Habits, Practice,
... of a like ability . What incredi- ble and astonishing actions do we find rope- dancers and tumblers bring their bodies to ! Not but that sundry , in almost all manual arts 16 OF THE CONDUCT Practice and Habits, Practice,
Pagina 18
... brings the powers of the mind , as well as those of the body , to their perfection . Many a good poetic vein is buried under a trade , and never produces any thing for want of improvement . We see the ways of discourse and reasoning are ...
... brings the powers of the mind , as well as those of the body , to their perfection . Many a good poetic vein is buried under a trade , and never produces any thing for want of improvement . We see the ways of discourse and reasoning are ...
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... bring his mind to it , than that he should not be on a sudden able to grave or design , dance on the ropes , or write a good hand , who has never practised either of them . Nay , the most of men are so wholly strangers to this , that ...
... bring his mind to it , than that he should not be on a sudden able to grave or design , dance on the ropes , or write a good hand , who has never practised either of them . Nay , the most of men are so wholly strangers to this , that ...
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... brings us back to that which I laid down before , that it is only practice that improves our minds as well as bodies , and we must expect nothing from our understandings , any farther than they are perfected by habits . The Americans ...
... brings us back to that which I laid down before , that it is only practice that improves our minds as well as bodies , and we must expect nothing from our understandings , any farther than they are perfected by habits . The Americans ...
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... brings the mind to , they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge , as they shall have occa- sion . For , in all sorts of reasoning , every sin- gle argument should be managed as a mathe- matical demonstration : the ...
... brings the mind to , they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge , as they shall have occa- sion . For , in all sorts of reasoning , every sin- gle argument should be managed as a mathe- matical demonstration : the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 7 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Pagina 183 - Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.
Pagina 19 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessmg of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols ; .and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Pagina 92 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator ; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end...
Pagina 131 - I CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue; the Roman word is better, "impedimenta;" for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue ; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory.
Pagina 6 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.
Pagina 184 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores...
Pagina 184 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things.
Pagina 159 - There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Pagina 37 - There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many; and maketh men become humane and charitable ; as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind ; friendly love perfecteth it ; but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.