The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... circumstances and rela- tions of society . - But , leaving this topic , in the mean time , let us attend a little ... circumstance seems to be considered by many as a matter of no im- portance ; for it is seldom or never that an attempt ...
... circumstances and rela- tions of society . - But , leaving this topic , in the mean time , let us attend a little ... circumstance seems to be considered by many as a matter of no im- portance ; for it is seldom or never that an attempt ...
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... circumstances , which cannot be duly appreciated without a pre- vious course of study ; and they abound with a multitude of abstract speculations which can never convey well - defined ideas to the understandings of the young . What ...
... circumstances , which cannot be duly appreciated without a pre- vious course of study ; and they abound with a multitude of abstract speculations which can never convey well - defined ideas to the understandings of the young . What ...
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... circumstances , and objects , be selected as arithmetical exer- cises , which are familiar to the young , and calculated to awaken their curiosity and atten- tion ? In short , the greater part of our arith- metical treatises , like our ...
... circumstances , and objects , be selected as arithmetical exer- cises , which are familiar to the young , and calculated to awaken their curiosity and atten- tion ? In short , the greater part of our arith- metical treatises , like our ...
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... circumstances which render corporal pur sh of the teacher . ment at all expedient in public schools . 2. Another circumstance which tends to make learning disagreeable to the young , is , that they are in general confined too long in ...
... circumstances which render corporal pur sh of the teacher . ment at all expedient in public schools . 2. Another circumstance which tends to make learning disagreeable to the young , is , that they are in general confined too long in ...
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... circumstances , than those of them who were accustomed to it ; and many similar instances , were it expedient , could be brought forward . But if they are to be rocked in cra- dles , it ought to be with the greatest gentle- The violence ...
... circumstances , than those of them who were accustomed to it ; and many similar instances , were it expedient , could be brought forward . But if they are to be rocked in cra- dles , it ought to be with the greatest gentle- The violence ...
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