Discursive Remarks on Modern EducationT. Cadell, 1841 - 102 pages |
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... imagination are most susceptible of impres- sion , am I mainly indebted , under GOD , for that knowledge , which is " more precious than rubies , " and for those sentiments by which we are enabled to look upon the beautiful world around ...
... imagination are most susceptible of impres- sion , am I mainly indebted , under GOD , for that knowledge , which is " more precious than rubies , " and for those sentiments by which we are enabled to look upon the beautiful world around ...
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... lesson in those brilliant monitors , which seem to speak but of Heaven , and almost to beguile the wandering imagination to indulge in airy visions of the world which is beyond the grave ; B 2 EARLY YEARS OF CHILDHOOD . 3.
... lesson in those brilliant monitors , which seem to speak but of Heaven , and almost to beguile the wandering imagination to indulge in airy visions of the world which is beyond the grave ; B 2 EARLY YEARS OF CHILDHOOD . 3.
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... imagination to invest any after - period ; and which increases in brightness , as those days recede in distance from us ; how they are re- curred to in the time of sorrow and affliction ; and how tenaciously the minutest events , which ...
... imagination to invest any after - period ; and which increases in brightness , as those days recede in distance from us ; how they are re- curred to in the time of sorrow and affliction ; and how tenaciously the minutest events , which ...
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... imagination is ever ready to conjure up causes of disquietude , the repetition of a Psalm , expressive of confidence in God , may serve to check those unpleasant feelings which sometimes arise . Memory , in the early years of life ...
... imagination is ever ready to conjure up causes of disquietude , the repetition of a Psalm , expressive of confidence in God , may serve to check those unpleasant feelings which sometimes arise . Memory , in the early years of life ...
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... imagination , or the ephemeral productions of the day , will not be food of a nature sufficiently substantial to gratify the cravings of a reflective , inquiring mind ; and it will cast them aside , for something more congenial to ...
... imagination , or the ephemeral productions of the day , will not be food of a nature sufficiently substantial to gratify the cravings of a reflective , inquiring mind ; and it will cast them aside , for something more congenial to ...
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