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 LearningKnight and Compton, 1801 - 286 páginas |
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... tempers of this last kind , few things are im- possible . To say the truth , it argues a weak , pusillanimous spirit , to sink beneath perplexities and calamities , and rather lament one's sufferings than attempt to remove them . If ...
... tempers of this last kind , few things are im- possible . To say the truth , it argues a weak , pusillanimous spirit , to sink beneath perplexities and calamities , and rather lament one's sufferings than attempt to remove them . If ...
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... temper , however naturally good it may originally have been ; for where the anxious passions are conti- nually on the stretch , the mind gradually loses that calmness and serenity which it before pos- sessed , and , once lost , it is ...
... temper , however naturally good it may originally have been ; for where the anxious passions are conti- nually on the stretch , the mind gradually loses that calmness and serenity which it before pos- sessed , and , once lost , it is ...
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... Tempers Tempers of Men to be studied . TO STUDY the 116 MENTOR . ---Of the Knowledge of the World, with suitable Maxims and Advice.
... Tempers Tempers of Men to be studied . TO STUDY the 116 MENTOR . ---Of the Knowledge of the World, with suitable Maxims and Advice.
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... Tempers of Men to be studied . TO STUDY the tempers and dispositions of men , will , therefore , be of infinite use in your com- merce with the world --- both to carry your own points , and secure you from the designs of others . In the ...
... Tempers of Men to be studied . TO STUDY the tempers and dispositions of men , will , therefore , be of infinite use in your com- merce with the world --- both to carry your own points , and secure you from the designs of others . In the ...
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... temper is so even as not to be sometimes more liable to impression than at others . Even contingencies govern us : we are more inclined to generosity when a prosperous galė has breathed upon us , and more prone to peevish- ness and ...
... temper is so even as not to be sometimes more liable to impression than at others . Even contingencies govern us : we are more inclined to generosity when a prosperous galė has breathed upon us , and more prone to peevish- ness and ...
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Mentor, Or, the Moral Conductor of Youth: From the Academy to Manhood ... David Morrice Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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