The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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Page 112
... learning of Sir Wil- liam Jones certainly gave some improper tincture to his religion ; on the other hand , his views on that subject had such great power as even to sway him in the direction of all his learned investigations . After ...
... learning of Sir Wil- liam Jones certainly gave some improper tincture to his religion ; on the other hand , his views on that subject had such great power as even to sway him in the direction of all his learned investigations . After ...
Page 116
... learning , which I prosecuted with such eagerness , that , after I was twelve years old , I rarely retired to bed from my lucubrations till midnight . This was the first thing which proved pernicious to my eyes , to the natural weakness ...
... learning , which I prosecuted with such eagerness , that , after I was twelve years old , I rarely retired to bed from my lucubrations till midnight . This was the first thing which proved pernicious to my eyes , to the natural weakness ...
Page 140
... learning , the effects of which she had so often had opportunity to witness . It was a maxim with her , the soundness of which her own observation through life fully con- firmed , that children generally lose several years , in ...
... learning , the effects of which she had so often had opportunity to witness . It was a maxim with her , the soundness of which her own observation through life fully con- firmed , that children generally lose several years , in ...
Page 152
... learning and erudition , and compelled happily to look into the bosom of their families for all their hopes and comfort , they and their posterity as often looked back on the Parents , to whom they were naturally and almost solely ...
... learning and erudition , and compelled happily to look into the bosom of their families for all their hopes and comfort , they and their posterity as often looked back on the Parents , to whom they were naturally and almost solely ...
Page 196
... even the higher branches of learning , like his daily food , were " sanctified by the word of God and prayer . " The practice with many is changed , and 8 education as a matter of course , in the lips 196 DANGER AND VANITY.
... even the higher branches of learning , like his daily food , were " sanctified by the word of God and prayer . " The practice with many is changed , and 8 education as a matter of course , in the lips 196 DANGER AND VANITY.
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