The parent's guide to a liberal ... education; containing a selection of questions. [With] Prospectus of the course of education pursued by ... Robert Simson ... at Colebrooke house academy |
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Pàgina 3
... whole art of teaching consists in the proper application of these principles of the human mind . The teacher's first object ought to be to give the pupil clear notions of the elementary principles of science , and thus employ the ...
... whole art of teaching consists in the proper application of these principles of the human mind . The teacher's first object ought to be to give the pupil clear notions of the elementary principles of science , and thus employ the ...
Pàgina 8
... whole of it at once ? No ; only a part of the earth . Does the sun go completely through the heavens ? Yes . What line does the sun describe in his course — a straight one ? No ; an arch or half circle . Is this arch always of the same ...
... whole of it at once ? No ; only a part of the earth . Does the sun go completely through the heavens ? Yes . What line does the sun describe in his course — a straight one ? No ; an arch or half circle . Is this arch always of the same ...
Pàgina 11
... whole earth to the depth of six hundred feet above the surface , but in some places it is very shallow . What changes are observable respect- ing the mass of waters in the ocean ? The flow and ebb of the tide . How long therefore does ...
... whole earth to the depth of six hundred feet above the surface , but in some places it is very shallow . What changes are observable respect- ing the mass of waters in the ocean ? The flow and ebb of the tide . How long therefore does ...
Pàgina 30
... whole clause frequently construed as a nominative ? A verb is frequently construed with its whole clause as a nominative : thus , His being at enmity with Cæsar was the cause of perpetual discord . When is the nomina- tive suppressed ...
... whole clause frequently construed as a nominative ? A verb is frequently construed with its whole clause as a nominative : thus , His being at enmity with Cæsar was the cause of perpetual discord . When is the nomina- tive suppressed ...
Pàgina 32
... whole it should be singular . In France the peasantry go barefoot . The court of Rome was not without solicitude . Rule V. How do we ascertain the substantive with which the adjective is connected ? The substantive is ascertained by ...
... whole it should be singular . In France the peasantry go barefoot . The court of Rome was not without solicitude . Rule V. How do we ascertain the substantive with which the adjective is connected ? The substantive is ascertained by ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 12 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Pàgina 15 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Pàgina 17 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Pàgina 7 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
Pàgina 9 - And GOD made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters, which were above the firmament, and it was so. And GOD called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Pàgina 13 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Pàgina 26 - Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur Iambus ; Pes citus ; unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen lambeis, quum senos redderet ictus, Primus ad extremum similis sibi : non ita pridem, Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures, 255 Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens ; non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Pàgina 7 - Let there be light : and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness.
Pàgina 105 - To find the area of a trapezoid, multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them ; the product will be the area.
Pàgina 110 - ... it is so pleasing, that you would give something out of your pocket to obtain it, and would forego some bodily enjoyment for its sake. The pleasure derived from Science is exactly of the like nature, or, rather, it is the very same. For what has just been spoken of is, in fact, Science, which in its most comprehensive sense only means Knowledge, and in its ordinary sense means Knowledge reduced to a System ; that is, arranged in a regular order, so as to be conveniently taught, easily remembered,...