Mentor, Or, The Moral Conductor of Youth: From the Academy to Manhood ... Being a Sequel to the Art of Teaching ... to which is Added ... an Essay on the Extensive Utility, Advantages and Amusement of Mathematical Learning |
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... have formerly , in early life ( and with sincere regret I tell it ) , though naturally well inclined , been sunk in vice , drowned in dissipation , and immersed in pleasure ( falsely INTRODUCTION . ix ( falsely so called ) , but.
... have formerly , in early life ( and with sincere regret I tell it ) , though naturally well inclined , been sunk in vice , drowned in dissipation , and immersed in pleasure ( falsely INTRODUCTION . ix ( falsely so called ) , but.
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... ( falsely so called ) , but without grossly neglecting my business , or sensibly feeling that I was doing wrong , or acting wickedly against my GOD , and unjustly towards men . I am not ashamed , however , to acknowledge my faults ...
... ( falsely so called ) , but without grossly neglecting my business , or sensibly feeling that I was doing wrong , or acting wickedly against my GOD , and unjustly towards men . I am not ashamed , however , to acknowledge my faults ...
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... false in its nature , and destructive in its tendency . You must either make the long - tried and un- changeable word of God , which has stood the test of ages , or the flimsy , variable , and unstable no- tions of weak , frail , and ...
... false in its nature , and destructive in its tendency . You must either make the long - tried and un- changeable word of God , which has stood the test of ages , or the flimsy , variable , and unstable no- tions of weak , frail , and ...
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... false prejudices concerning religion ; and though , per- haps , a little intricate , and savouring of popery in a few of its doctrines and forms , which naturally result from its ancient connexion with that idola- trous and ...
... false prejudices concerning religion ; and though , per- haps , a little intricate , and savouring of popery in a few of its doctrines and forms , which naturally result from its ancient connexion with that idola- trous and ...
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... false pleasures which I so greedily pursued : good and deep- rooted habits were to be overcome , and almost eradicated from my mind . Conscience and reli- gion were both to be lulled to rest , and compelled to relinquish their charge ...
... false pleasures which I so greedily pursued : good and deep- rooted habits were to be overcome , and almost eradicated from my mind . Conscience and reli- gion were both to be lulled to rest , and compelled to relinquish their charge ...
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Page 174 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Page 173 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Page 173 - Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house : lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel...
Page 173 - To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Page 65 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 208 - And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God ; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page iii - I cannot refrain from adding,' says he, 'that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all the other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Page 99 - Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions, swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on his career.
Page 174 - For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Page 190 - Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe ; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.