Theory and Practice of Teaching, Or, The Motives and Methods of Good School-seepingHall & Dickson, 1847 - 349 pages |
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... leaves and opened their buds as if smiling at the approach of the morning sun . There were fruit trees , too , which had been brought from far , and so carefully nurtured , that they were covered with blossoms , filling the air with ...
... leaves and opened their buds as if smiling at the approach of the morning sun . There were fruit trees , too , which had been brought from far , and so carefully nurtured , that they were covered with blossoms , filling the air with ...
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... leaves were small and curled ; and those , small as they were , were ready to be devoured by a host of caterpillars , whose pampered bodies were already grown to the length of an inch . The tendrils of the hop - vine had crept about its ...
... leaves were small and curled ; and those , small as they were , were ready to be devoured by a host of caterpillars , whose pampered bodies were already grown to the length of an inch . The tendrils of the hop - vine had crept about its ...
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... leaves . The mould was loosened and enriched , -and the sun shined that day upon a long neglected , but now a promising tree . The time for grafting was not yet passed . One re- putedly skilled in that art was called to put the new ...
... leaves . The mould was loosened and enriched , -and the sun shined that day upon a long neglected , but now a promising tree . The time for grafting was not yet passed . One re- putedly skilled in that art was called to put the new ...
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... leaves wither , and then they were carefully gath- ered and placed in the sunbeams within doors . They at length turned yellow , and looked fair to the sight and tempting to the taste ; and a few friends , who had known their history ...
... leaves wither , and then they were carefully gath- ered and placed in the sunbeams within doors . They at length turned yellow , and looked fair to the sight and tempting to the taste ; and a few friends , who had known their history ...
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... leave him to his dreadful solitude . The morrow was the Sabbath . I could not repress my desire to see the convicts brought together for worship . At the hour of nine I entered their chapel , and found them all seated in silence . I was ...
... leave him to his dreadful solitude . The morrow was the Sabbath . I could not repress my desire to see the convicts brought together for worship . At the hour of nine I entered their chapel , and found them all seated in silence . I was ...
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Page 327 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it; thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 125 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 327 - O God of our salvation ; Who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea...
Page 327 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 124 - ... which are these ; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in times past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 308 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 156 - And he would not for a while but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 30 - The torch he quenches ; or to music wind Again the lyre-string from his touch that flew — But for the soul ! — oh ! tremble, and beware To lay rude hands upon God's mysteries there...
Page 264 - ... with impunity. If taken, fat in a solid form is less injurious than liquid fat. " 5. Fruit may be eaten with the recollection of the proverb of fruit-producing countries : ' It is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.
Page 51 - The result is that more than eleven-twelfths of all the children in the reading classes in our schools do not understand the meaning of the words they read; that they do not master the sense of the reading lessons, and that the ideas and feelings intended by the author to be conveyed to, and excited in, the reader's mind, still rest in the author's intention, never having yet reached the place of their destination.