The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... interesting that can occupy the attention of mankind . Should the present volume , however , meet with general approbation , some more specific details in reference to the subjects here discussed , and to other topics connected with the ...
... interesting that can occupy the attention of mankind . Should the present volume , however , meet with general approbation , some more specific details in reference to the subjects here discussed , and to other topics connected with the ...
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... interesting and useful information , scarcely any thing that bears on the cultiva- tion of Christian dispositions , -no exhibitions of the scenes of Nature and Art in which the young may afterwards be placed , -little in- formation ...
... interesting and useful information , scarcely any thing that bears on the cultiva- tion of Christian dispositions , -no exhibitions of the scenes of Nature and Art in which the young may afterwards be placed , -little in- formation ...
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... interesting to young minds as they might be rendered . The practical use of the various operations- the commercial transactions to which they re- fer , and the extent and capacity of the weights and measures about which their ...
... interesting to young minds as they might be rendered . The practical use of the various operations- the commercial transactions to which they re- fer , and the extent and capacity of the weights and measures about which their ...
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... interesting scenes presented in the temple of knowledge - it conveys a jumble of confused notions into their minds , but leaves them ignorant of all that is grand and ennobling , and interesting to man as a rational and immortal ...
... interesting scenes presented in the temple of knowledge - it conveys a jumble of confused notions into their minds , but leaves them ignorant of all that is grand and ennobling , and interesting to man as a rational and immortal ...
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... interesting reading - lessons , and caused his pupils to give an account of every leading idea contained in them - who likewise attempted to explain the meaning of every question , Psalm and passage , which was to be committed to memory ...
... interesting reading - lessons , and caused his pupils to give an account of every leading idea contained in them - who likewise attempted to explain the meaning of every question , Psalm and passage , which was to be committed to memory ...
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