Self-improvement: Chiefly Addressed to the Young...Religious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 páginas |
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... principle are not rare , spend time enough in learning to read with the book bottom upwards , which he did with great fluency , to have made him acquainted with all the minutia of the Latin grammar . This is not merely time wasted , but ...
... principle are not rare , spend time enough in learning to read with the book bottom upwards , which he did with great fluency , to have made him acquainted with all the minutia of the Latin grammar . This is not merely time wasted , but ...
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... principles of action . He might mistake in purchasing a horse , or a coat , for he never at- tended to such small matters ; but a surgeon never dissected the body with more accuracy and skill than he does the soul of man . It is a ...
... principles of action . He might mistake in purchasing a horse , or a coat , for he never at- tended to such small matters ; but a surgeon never dissected the body with more accuracy and skill than he does the soul of man . It is a ...
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... principles on which you can think and act . A good scholar tries so to fix every word in his memory , that , when he meets with it again , he need not turn to a dictionary . His com- panion may dispute its derivation , or its gender ...
... principles on which you can think and act . A good scholar tries so to fix every word in his memory , that , when he meets with it again , he need not turn to a dictionary . His com- panion may dispute its derivation , or its gender ...
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... principles . They urged him to dispute and prove his religion true , and the popish , false . He knew that he was old , and had lost somewhat of the strength of his mind . He would not dispute . He left that for young and vigorous minds ...
... principles . They urged him to dispute and prove his religion true , and the popish , false . He knew that he was old , and had lost somewhat of the strength of his mind . He would not dispute . He left that for young and vigorous minds ...
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... principle of entire abstinence from ardent spirit , and to decide whether it was his duty , in his circumstances , to adopt it . He took a large sheet of paper , and began , by setting down , in regular order , all the reasons why the ...
... principle of entire abstinence from ardent spirit , and to decide whether it was his duty , in his circumstances , to adopt it . He took a large sheet of paper , and began , by setting down , in regular order , all the reasons why the ...
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Página 146 - I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
Página 128 - I come to myself again. 4. Resolved, Never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God, nor be, nor suffer it, if I can possibly avoid it. 5. Resolved, Never to lose one moment of time, but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can. 6. Resolved, To live with all my might, while I do live. 7. Resolved, Never to do any thing, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life.
Página 47 - Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him : a new friend is as new wine ; when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Página 47 - A faithful friend is a Strong defence; and he that hath found such an one, hath found a treasure.
Página 146 - I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish.
Página 146 - Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? Surely not! Reflections like these, would not allow me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand; and I was not disappointed.
Página 146 - The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend.
Página 87 - Punctuality is important, because it subserves the peace and good temper of a family ; the want of it not only infringes on necessary duty, but sometimes excludes this duty.
Página 148 - I cannot refrain from adding,' says he, 'that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all the other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Página 28 - That the man who is perpetually hesitating which of two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first countersuggestion of a friend-— who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weathercock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows, can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in anything he will be at best stationary, and, more probably,...