 He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little ; but had received no particular information with respect to the Author of his being : because I thought he could not yet understand such information; and because I had...  Essays on Professional Education - Page 86by Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1812 - 541 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 636 pages
...principle of all religion, the being of a GOD." When he attained his fifth or sixth year, and had as yet received no particular information with respect to the Author of his being, his father recurred to an ingenious device for. this purpose. In a corner of a little garden, without... | |
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1805 - 536 pages
...direction, the great and first principles of religion, the being of God. ffe had reached his 5th or 6th year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little,...learned from my own experience, that to be made to repeat words not understood, is extremely detrimental to the facaki* of a young mind. In a corner of... | |
 | 1805 - 506 pages
...than in the following instance of Dr. Beattie's son. The Doctor speaking of his son, thus observes, " He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...information with respect to the author of his being. In a corner of a little garden, without informing any person of the circumstance, I wrote in the mould... | |
 | John Stark - Biography - 1805 - 488 pages
...ingenious young man, the following fact, related by his father, is too remarkable to pass unnoticed : " He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...particular information with respect to the Author of his bcin^ ; because I thought he could not yet understand such information ; and because I had learned... | |
 | John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - Scotland - 1805 - 452 pages
...following fact, related by his father, , is too remarkable to pass unnoticed : " He had reached hii fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little ; hut had received no particular information with respect to the Author of his being : because I thought... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - Medicine - 1806 - 578 pages
...children would in like circumstances think as he did), " but merely as a moral or logical experiment. " He had reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the...because I thought he could not yet understand " such iufor;nation ; and because I had learned from my own experience, that " to be made to repeat words... | |
 | James Beattie, James Hay Beattie - Scottish poetry - 1807 - 212 pages
...children would in like circumstances think as he did,) but merely as a moral or logical experiment. He had reached his fifth [or sixth] year, knew the...learned from my own experience,- that to be made to repeat words not understood is extremely detrimental to the faculties of a young mind. In a corner... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 356 pages
...children would in like circumstances think as he did,) but merely as a moral or logical experiment. ' " He had reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the...learned, from my own experience, that to be made to repeat words not understood, is extremely detrimental to the faculties of a young mind. In a corner... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - Authors, Scottish - 1807 - 364 pages
...children would in like circumstances think as he did,) but merely as a moral or logical experiment. " He had reached his fifth (or sixth) year, knew the...learned, from my own experience, that to be made to repeat words not understood, is extremely detrimental to the faculties of a young mind. In a corner... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1807 - 612 pages
...than in the following instance of Dr. Beattie's son. The Doctor, speaking of his son, thus observes : He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet,...information with respect to the author of his being. In a corner of a little garden, without informing any person of the circumstance, I wrote in the mould... | |
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