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... youth an averfion to every subject of serious reflection ; teaching them , as Erasmus justly observes , virtutem fimul odiffe et noffe . The fecond defign of this little work is to awaken curiofity , to ex- cite the fpirit of inquiry ...
... youth an averfion to every subject of serious reflection ; teaching them , as Erasmus justly observes , virtutem fimul odiffe et noffe . The fecond defign of this little work is to awaken curiofity , to ex- cite the fpirit of inquiry ...
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... can be derived from the compleatest education . For half of what we learn in youth is foon loft in oblivion ; and ferves only for the exercise and improvement of our capacities . capacities . So limited indeed are the powers of memory.
... can be derived from the compleatest education . For half of what we learn in youth is foon loft in oblivion ; and ferves only for the exercise and improvement of our capacities . capacities . So limited indeed are the powers of memory.
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... youth , are reviewed in man- hood with fatisfaction and advantage . And as the fame objects , at differ- ent periods of life , excite different ideas and reflections , the leffons which are comprehenfible to an in- telligent telligent ...
... youth , are reviewed in man- hood with fatisfaction and advantage . And as the fame objects , at differ- ent periods of life , excite different ideas and reflections , the leffons which are comprehenfible to an in- telligent telligent ...
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... youth , not to be expect- ed from the wifeft maxims , delivered with coldness and indifference . Quamobrem , pergite , Adolefcentes , atque in ftudia incumbite , ut et vobis honori , et amicis utilitati , et Reipub- lica emolumento effe ...
... youth , not to be expect- ed from the wifeft maxims , delivered with coldness and indifference . Quamobrem , pergite , Adolefcentes , atque in ftudia incumbite , ut et vobis honori , et amicis utilitati , et Reipub- lica emolumento effe ...
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... YOUTH . 154 158 160 165 168 176 IN THE GLUTTON . 177 187 THE ASS . PRIDE AND PEDANTRY , VANITY . KNOWLEDGE . 189 196 206 208 COWARDICE AND INJUSTICE ; COURAGE AND GENEROSITY , 220 A CONVERSATION . 223 IRASCIBILITY AND FALSE HONOUR . 233 ...
... YOUTH . 154 158 160 165 168 176 IN THE GLUTTON . 177 187 THE ASS . PRIDE AND PEDANTRY , VANITY . KNOWLEDGE . 189 196 206 208 COWARDICE AND INJUSTICE ; COURAGE AND GENEROSITY , 220 A CONVERSATION . 223 IRASCIBILITY AND FALSE HONOUR . 233 ...
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Page 142 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Page 142 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone ; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 142 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 142 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 142 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them.
Page 145 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Page 145 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen; and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
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