The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning are Laid Down in a Way Most Suitable for Trying the Genius, and Advancing the Instruction of Youth. In Twelve Parts. Illustrated with Maps and Useful Cuts ...J. Dodsley, 1793 |
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... juft Gradation , from mere Mechanifm to Perception , and from Perception in all its various Degrees to Reafon and Understanding . III . BUT though Reafon be the Boundary by Usefulness of Culture , and which Man is distinguished from the ...
... juft Gradation , from mere Mechanifm to Perception , and from Perception in all its various Degrees to Reafon and Understanding . III . BUT though Reafon be the Boundary by Usefulness of Culture , and which Man is distinguished from the ...
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... juft . Some Men are diftinguished by an Accuracy of Thinking , and a happy Talent of un- ravelling and throwing Light upon the most obfcure and intricate Subjects . Others confound the eafieft Specula- tions ; their Underftandings feem ...
... juft . Some Men are diftinguished by an Accuracy of Thinking , and a happy Talent of un- ravelling and throwing Light upon the most obfcure and intricate Subjects . Others confound the eafieft Specula- tions ; their Underftandings feem ...
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... Juft fo it is in judging of Duration . When we carry back our Thoughts to any paft Period of our Lives , without Con- fideration of the Number of Years , or Months ; we find , that our Idea of the Time elapfed grows more diftinct , in ...
... Juft fo it is in judging of Duration . When we carry back our Thoughts to any paft Period of our Lives , without Con- fideration of the Number of Years , or Months ; we find , that our Idea of the Time elapfed grows more diftinct , in ...
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... juft and orderly Connection , will not find it very difficult to obtain clear and accurate Perceptions in moft of thofe Subjects about which our Thoughts are converfant . For the great Art of Knowledge lies in managing with Skill the ...
... juft and orderly Connection , will not find it very difficult to obtain clear and accurate Perceptions in moft of thofe Subjects about which our Thoughts are converfant . For the great Art of Knowledge lies in managing with Skill the ...
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... Juft fo it is in Duration ; from Hours we rife to Days , Months , and Years ; by thefe , repeated and added together , we measure Time paft , or can run forward at Pleasure into Futurity , and that without any Confufion or Perplexity ...
... Juft fo it is in Duration ; from Hours we rife to Days , Months , and Years ; by thefe , repeated and added together , we measure Time paft , or can run forward at Pleasure into Futurity , and that without any Confufion or Perplexity ...
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abfolute Affections affirmed againſt alfo alſo anfwer arife becauſe befides beſt Cafe called cife Clafs common Conclufion Confequent Confideration confidered confifts Conftitution Connection Courſe Creature Defire Demonftration Difpofition diftinct diftinguished diſcover Diſcovery eafy eſtabliſhed Exercife exprefs faid falfe fame fecond feem felf-evident felves ferve feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fimple Ideas fince fingle firft firſt fome fometimes Form ftand ftill fuch fufficient fuppofe furniſh greateſt Happineſs Hence higheſt himſelf human infomuch Inftance Intereft itſelf Judgements juft Kind Knowledge laft laſt leaſt lefs Logicians Manner Meaſure middle Term Mind moft Moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffarily neceffary Notion Number obferve Objects Occafion ourſelves Paffions particular Perceptions Perfon Pleaſure poffible pofitions Power Predicate prefent Premifes Propofition Purpoſe raiſe Reafon refpect reft refult reprefent Science Senfe ſeveral Species Subject Syllogifms thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thouſand tion true Truth Underſtanding univerfal uſeful Virtue whofe