The Young Man's GuideLilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden., 1834 - 303 стор. |
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Сторінка 178
... lyceum is particularly adapted , because laboring young men are often too much fatigued to think closely ; and the lyceum , or conversation , will be more agreeable , and not less useful . But the fam- ily circle may of itself ...
... lyceum is particularly adapted , because laboring young men are often too much fatigued to think closely ; and the lyceum , or conversation , will be more agreeable , and not less useful . But the fam- ily circle may of itself ...
Сторінка 188
... lyceum or debating society . Most young men are willing to attend a lyceum , occasionally ; and thanks to the spirit of the times and those who have zealously labored to produce the present state of things , these institutions every ...
... lyceum or debating society . Most young men are willing to attend a lyceum , occasionally ; and thanks to the spirit of the times and those who have zealously labored to produce the present state of things , these institutions every ...
Сторінка 195
... lyceum , where the subject seems to demand it , and the nature of the case will ad- mit , it ought to be required of lecturers and dispu- tants , to explain every thing in passing , either by reference to books themselves on the spot ...
... lyceum , where the subject seems to demand it , and the nature of the case will ad- mit , it ought to be required of lecturers and dispu- tants , to explain every thing in passing , either by reference to books themselves on the spot ...
Сторінка 196
... lyceum , or in the newspaper , will ex- cite curiosity , and lead the way to inquiry . I think it well , however , to have but one leading science in view at once ; that is , if geography be the object , let history and almost every ...
... lyceum , or in the newspaper , will ex- cite curiosity , and lead the way to inquiry . I think it well , however , to have but one leading science in view at once ; that is , if geography be the object , let history and almost every ...
Сторінка 224
... lyceum affords ; or if there are none of that character within his reach , let him make unremitting efforts till one exists . Although these institutions are yet in their in- fancy , and could hardly have been expected to ac- complish ...
... lyceum affords ; or if there are none of that character within his reach , let him make unremitting efforts till one exists . Although these institutions are yet in their in- fancy , and could hardly have been expected to ac- complish ...
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Сторінка 74 - ... before me, ready to hang by my side. Then I ate a bit of cheese, or pork, and bread. Then I prepared my report, which was filled up as fast as the companies brought me in the materials. After this I had an hour or two to read, before the time came for any duty out of doors, unless when the regiment or part of it went out to exercise in the morning. When this was the case, and the matter...
Сторінка 73 - To this, more than to any other thing, I owed my very extraordinary promotion in the army. I was always ready: if I had to mount guard at ten, I was ready at nine: never did any man, or any thing, wait one moment for me. Being, at an age under twenty years, raised from Corporal to...
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Сторінка 265 - Upon which he withdrew, as soon as was consistent with the rules of politeness, resolved never to think more of a girl who possessed a needle only in partnership, and who, it appeared, was not too well informed as to the place where even that share was deposited.
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Сторінка 14 - He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old ; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young.
Сторінка 159 - It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his species.
Сторінка 265 - It was a story in Philadelphia, some years ago, that a young man, who was courting one of three sisters, happened to be on a visit to her, when all the three were present, and when one said to the others, " I wonder where our needle is.