 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...things, believcth all things, hopethall things, endureth all things. St Paul. 14. Delightful tafkJ to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to fcoot, To pour the frefli initruflion o'er the mind, To b*e;ithe the enlivening. fpirit, and to fix... | |
 | John Adams - English fiction - 1791 - 500 pages
...buds, it calls for their alfiduous care. How beautifully is the parental duty defcribed by the poet ! " Delightful tafk ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to fhoot, To pour the frefli inftru&ion o'er the mind, T To To breath th' enlivening fpirit, and to fix The generous purpofe... | |
 | William Creech - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1791 - 346 pages
...Ihment, and fhould be taught early, that when bf is old he may not depart from if. " Delightful talk! to rear the tender thought, " To teach the young idea how to fhoot, " To pour che frelh inftru&ion o'er the mind, " And breathe th' enlivening fpirit." •» IT is very diverting... | |
 | William Creech - English literature - 1791 - 318 pages
...accomplifhment, and fhould be taught early, that when he is old he may not depart from »/. " Delightful talk ! to rear the tender thought, " To teach the young idea how to Ihoot, " To pour the frelh inftru<5lion o'er the mind, " And breathe th* enlivening fpirit."— —... | |
 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1792 - 556 pages
...who had no friend to direcl: them. Reafon grows apace, and calls " For the kind hand of an afliduons care. " Delightful tafk! to rear the tender thought,...teach the young idea how to fhoot, " To pour the frefh inftruction o'er the mind, " To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to fix " The gen'rous purpofe in... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - English poetry - 1793 - 308 pages
...Then infant reafon grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an affiduous care. Delightful talk ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to (hoot, To pour the frefh inftruftion o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to fix The... | |
 | 1794 - 954 pages
...Then infant reafon grows apace, and call» For the kind hand of an affiduous care. Delightful talk ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to fhoot, To pour the frcfh inftruition o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening (pint, and to fix The generous purpofe in... | |
 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1794 - 346 pages
...them. • Reafbn, grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an atliduous care. - Delightful talk ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to fhoot, To pour the frefli inftrurtion o'er the mind, To breathe tV enliveinng fpirit, and to fix The geu'rous parpofe... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1789 - 488 pages
...day, .' Soft as it rolls along, fhews fome new charm, The father's luftre, and the mother's bloom. The infant reafon grows apace, and calls For the kind...teach the young idea how to fhoot, To pour the frefh inftruction o'er the mind, To hreathe th" enlivening fpirit, and to fix The generous purpofe in the... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1795 - 616 pages
...fruits : the fentiments become generous ; the carriage endearing ; and the life honourable and ufeful. Delightful tafk ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...pour the frefh inftruftion o'er the mind. To breathe th'enliv'ning fpirit, and to fix The gen'rous purpofe in the glowing breaft. Pofterity wifely regulates... | |
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