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... hundred pupils may be occupied and interested for the time proposed by one teacher , without weariness . We have reason to think that with lessons of this description the youngest children might be sufficiently engaged to acquire the ...
... hundred pupils may be occupied and interested for the time proposed by one teacher , without weariness . We have reason to think that with lessons of this description the youngest children might be sufficiently engaged to acquire the ...
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... hundred children a cube of not less than three inches should be used , and other solids of similar proportions . The " Lessons on Form , " published by Taylor and Walton , will be an excellent text - book for the teacher . Colour is a ...
... hundred children a cube of not less than three inches should be used , and other solids of similar proportions . The " Lessons on Form , " published by Taylor and Walton , will be an excellent text - book for the teacher . Colour is a ...
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... hundred cows , thinking to make some profit by the sale of it , found so little de- mand for it at a very low price , or even for nothing , that he destroyed the tank , and let the urine into the common sewers , to add to the variety of ...
... hundred cows , thinking to make some profit by the sale of it , found so little de- mand for it at a very low price , or even for nothing , that he destroyed the tank , and let the urine into the common sewers , to add to the variety of ...
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... hundred and seventy individuals . In the quarter ending on Lady - day last , five men , two women , and eight children were in- mates of the workhouse ; and ten men , sixteen women , and eighteen children were receiving out - door ...
... hundred and seventy individuals . In the quarter ending on Lady - day last , five men , two women , and eight children were in- mates of the workhouse ; and ten men , sixteen women , and eighteen children were receiving out - door ...
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... hundred and fifty acres . holders of these farms , engrossed by their own affairs , and possessing scarcely any information upon other subjects , are not in a condition , even if they were willing , to assist much in the moral ...
... hundred and fifty acres . holders of these farms , engrossed by their own affairs , and possessing scarcely any information upon other subjects , are not in a condition , even if they were willing , to assist much in the moral ...
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Page 235 - It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues, that so at least the true sense and meaning of the original might be clouded by false glosses of saintseeming deceivers, — that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers in the church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors...
Page 153 - Ireland, 508. — of the Irish Society for promoting the education of the native Irish, through the medium of their own language, 508 — account of . Roman Catholic Institutions for the instruction of the Irish, 508.
Page 273 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.
Page 235 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Page 271 - ... made under the authority of the Corporation, or of the several acts of Congress, hereinafter declared to be revived and in force, within the said Corporation, to be existing at the time hereinafter limited for the collection of the said tax ; and at the rate of...
Page 299 - An orphan or deserted child, educated from infancy to the age of 12 or 14, in a workhouse, if taught reading, writing, and arithmetic only, is generally unfitted for earning his livelihood by labour.
Page 33 - And not many weeks or months will elapse before all will be readers. ' In order to learn to read, it is by no means indispensable that the long, tedious method of the schools for children should be adopted. The process may be rendered extremely simple and easy. It is not necessary to commence even with the alphabet, or to go through a course of spelling in Dilworth or Webster. ' Adults have been recently taught to read, in penitentiaries and elsewhere, in a very short period — even within one or...