The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... acquired a smattering of English grammar and arithme- tic , and who can write his own name , con- ceives that he is qualified to conduct the intellectual improvement of the young ; the most illiterate and superficial pedants have ...
... acquired a smattering of English grammar and arithme- tic , and who can write his own name , con- ceives that he is qualified to conduct the intellectual improvement of the young ; the most illiterate and superficial pedants have ...
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... acquired any thing at all , which may be denominated knowledge , it consists chiefly in a jumble of notions about the squabbles of heathen gods and goddesses , detached fragments of Roman history , the Metamorphoses of Ovid , the fic ...
... acquired any thing at all , which may be denominated knowledge , it consists chiefly in a jumble of notions about the squabbles of heathen gods and goddesses , detached fragments of Roman history , the Metamorphoses of Ovid , the fic ...
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... acquire ? What is the use of the art of reading , if it be not made the medium by which knowledge and moral improvement may ... acquired any real knowledge , and destitute of any relish for it , and seldom afterwards makes any use of the ...
... acquire ? What is the use of the art of reading , if it be not made the medium by which knowledge and moral improvement may ... acquired any real knowledge , and destitute of any relish for it , and seldom afterwards makes any use of the ...
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... acquired ideas . " Again , speaking of the absurdity of " journeymen shoemakers , tailors , weavers , bakers ... acquire a neat and accurate mode of writing ; but merely to modify that undue degree of importance which is attached to the ...
... acquired ideas . " Again , speaking of the absurdity of " journeymen shoemakers , tailors , weavers , bakers ... acquire a neat and accurate mode of writing ; but merely to modify that undue degree of importance which is attached to the ...
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... acquired ? -how can a child , with propriety , be transferred from one spell- ing - book to another , and from one ... acquire a hesitating and a blundering habit of reading ; he will be discouraged in his progress ; he will seldom ...
... acquired ? -how can a child , with propriety , be transferred from one spell- ing - book to another , and from one ... acquire a hesitating and a blundering habit of reading ; he will be discouraged in his progress ; he will seldom ...
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