 | Robert Robinson - 1807 - 376 pages
...to seta young gentleman a thinking for himself, and to give a right turn to a habit of reasoning ; to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. In all this he followed NATURE, and so he did when he praised Homer for calling Agamemnon THE... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...indulgent heaven. Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh, speak the joy ! ye, whom the sudden tear Surprises often, while you look around, And nothing strikes... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...the mother's bloom. Then infant reason grows apace, and call For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Ah speak the joy ! ye whom the sudden tear Surprises often, while you look around,. And nothing strikes... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Parnell - Thomson, James, 1700-1748 - 1808 - 338 pages
...mother's bloo.ui. Then infant reason grows apace, and calls .For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...the mind; To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to tix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. Oh speak the joy ! ye, whom the sudden tear Surprizes... | |
 | William Mackenzie - Boarding schools - 1808 - 206 pages
...LIBRARY THE GIFT OF EDWARD PERCIVAL MERRITT OF BOSTON Class of 1882 fub. ACADEMY; OR PICTURE OF YOUTH. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mlndj To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. THOMSON.... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...the mother's bloom. Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instnietion o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1808 - 690 pages
...pursuits of trades or professions, " to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shaot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generouspmpose intlieglowingbreast," generally devolve on the mother. It is from the domestic circle... | |
 | English literature - 1794 - 826 pages
...Their pleafures are wholly centered in their offspring, and their only delight is, " Delightful talk ! To rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to fhoot, To pour the I'rcfli iriltru<3ion o'er the mind ; . , To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...the mother's bloom. Then infant reason grows apace, and culls For the kind hand of an assiduous rare. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast Oh speak the joy! ye,... | |
 | Young lady - Psychology - 1809 - 204 pages
...name, their fortune, their ideas, and affections. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, •i To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. .• •-.' ••: j- -••;•... | |
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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 th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. 
