The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... nature and relations both of the inanimate and of the living world . He learns to correct the illusions to which he was at first exposed -to distinguish one object from another , and to exert his memory so as to know them again , and to ...
... nature and relations both of the inanimate and of the living world . He learns to correct the illusions to which he was at first exposed -to distinguish one object from another , and to exert his memory so as to know them again , and to ...
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... nature , that even the most savage nations never com- mit it ; and hence , deformed children are sel- dom or never found among them . By the weight and pressure of stays , bandages , heavy and tight clothes , children , who were well ...
... nature , that even the most savage nations never com- mit it ; and hence , deformed children are sel- dom or never found among them . By the weight and pressure of stays , bandages , heavy and tight clothes , children , who were well ...
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... nature is frequently misrepresented , and even caricatured , when its objects are pointed out to children ; qualities are ascribed to them which they do not possess ; their real properties are concealed , and even imaginary invisible ...
... nature is frequently misrepresented , and even caricatured , when its objects are pointed out to children ; qualities are ascribed to them which they do not possess ; their real properties are concealed , and even imaginary invisible ...
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... nature , and which may be instrumental in conveying to their minds a new and correct idea of objects which they may not previously have seen , and thus of adding something to their stock of general knowledge ; and they should be given ...
... nature , and which may be instrumental in conveying to their minds a new and correct idea of objects which they may not previously have seen , and thus of adding something to their stock of general knowledge ; and they should be given ...
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... nature of fractions may be illustrated in a similar manner . As fractions are parts of a unit , the denominator of any fraction may be considered as the number of parts into which the unit is supposed to be divided . The fol- lowing ...
... nature of fractions may be illustrated in a similar manner . As fractions are parts of a unit , the denominator of any fraction may be considered as the number of parts into which the unit is supposed to be divided . The fol- lowing ...
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