Education and Educational Institutions Considered, with Reference to the Industrial Professions, and the Present Aspect of Society |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page
... SURPLUS INCOME OF THIS FUND GIVEN BY WALDO HIGGINSON ( CLASS OF 1833 ) IN MEMORY OF GEORGE BRIMMER SOHIER ( CLASS OF 1852 ) IS TO BE EXPENDED FOR BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY / R John Creasy . 15. Hemingford Cottages Barnsbury Park. Educ 6608.46.
... SURPLUS INCOME OF THIS FUND GIVEN BY WALDO HIGGINSON ( CLASS OF 1833 ) IN MEMORY OF GEORGE BRIMMER SOHIER ( CLASS OF 1852 ) IS TO BE EXPENDED FOR BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY / R John Creasy . 15. Hemingford Cottages Barnsbury Park. Educ 6608.46.
Page 6
... given both to Schools and Universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction , forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes , verses , and orations , which are the acts of ripest judgment , and the final work of a head filled by ...
... given both to Schools and Universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction , forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes , verses , and orations , which are the acts of ripest judgment , and the final work of a head filled by ...
Page 23
... given us , to cultivate the one to the neglect of the other producing either superstition or feeble mindedness in the one case ; or " petrifaction of heart , " an icy feeling of frigid insensibility , akin to sceptical incredulity , on ...
... given us , to cultivate the one to the neglect of the other producing either superstition or feeble mindedness in the one case ; or " petrifaction of heart , " an icy feeling of frigid insensibility , akin to sceptical incredulity , on ...
Page 24
... given understanding to the heart . " * And , how- ever truly it may be affirmed , that the foundations of eternal and immutable morality are deeply laid in the intellect , it cannot be denied that the beacon thereon erected , raises its ...
... given understanding to the heart . " * And , how- ever truly it may be affirmed , that the foundations of eternal and immutable morality are deeply laid in the intellect , it cannot be denied that the beacon thereon erected , raises its ...
Page 25
... given . A most valuable course of Divinity lectures , which has passed through more than one edition , was delivered at the same College by the present Dean of Llandaff . The Head of the Irish Church too appears to have given his ...
... given . A most valuable course of Divinity lectures , which has passed through more than one edition , was delivered at the same College by the present Dean of Llandaff . The Head of the Irish Church too appears to have given his ...
Other editions - View all
Education and Educational Institutions Considered with Reference to the ... James Booth No preview available - 2019 |
Education and Educational Institutions Considered: With Reference to the ... James Booth No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
acquired adapted affording ancient antiquity application Arithmetic Bible Bishop of Sodor Book Cambridge Chemistry Children Christian Church Church of England Cicero classes classical contains course cultivation discoveries Divine Easy Lessons Edition elementary Elements eminent England English Notes established Exercises faculties familiar French Geography Grammar habits human Illustrations important institutions instruction intellectual John Hullah King's College School knowledge language laws learning Lectures London Lord Bishop Manual manufacturing Mathematics matter Mechanics ment mind mode modern moral Music nations Natural History Natural Philosophy numerous Wood-Cuts object Octavo Oxford political POLYBIUS popular Post Octavo practical present principles professions Professor progress public schools pupils pursuits question reader Reading reason religion remarkable rules selected sense student teach Ten Thousand Greeks tion Trinity College truth universities of Dublin University University of Cambridge University of Oxford valuable whole writers young youth
Popular passages
Page 6 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 10 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 31 - Nothing, in truth, has such a tendency to weaken, not only the powers of invention, but the intellectual powers in general, as a habit of extensive and various reading without reflection.
Page 30 - CHARICLES ; a Tale illustrative of Private Life among the Ancient Greeks : with Notes and Excursuses. New Edition. Post Svo.
Page 50 - Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and unenquiring eye perceives neither novelty nor beauty, he walks in the midst of wonders : every object which falls in his way elucidates some principle, affords some instruction, and impresses him with a sense of harmony and order.
Page 9 - Histories of the Lives and Conduct of the Principal Characters of the Old and New Testament. By E.
Page 32 - LECTURES ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PHYSIC. Delivered at King's College, London. A new American, from the last revised and enlarged English edition, with Additions, by D. FRANCIS CONDIE, MD, author of ".A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children,
Page 13 - Literature of the Church of England; Specimens of the Writings of Eminent Divines, with Memoirs of their Lives and Times. By R. CATTERMOLE, BD Two volumes. Octavo. 25s. Essays on Peculiarities of the Christian Religion.
Page 36 - ... acquired a knowledge of the ancient languages. But not one gentleman in fifty can possibly receive what we should call a complete and liberal education. That term includes not only the ancient languages, but those of France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. It includes mathematics, the experimental sciences, and moral philosophy. An intimate acquaintance both with the profound and polite parts of English literature is indispensable. Few of those who are intended for professional or commercial life...
Page 6 - And that which casts our proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and orations, which are the acts...