The American Journal of Education, Volume 27Henry Barnard F.C. Brownell, 1877 - Education |
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... called " Vir- ginia's Cure , or an Advisive Narrative Concerning Virginia , " in which it was suggested that charitable persons in England should endow Virginia fellowships in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge . He stated that ...
... called " Vir- ginia's Cure , or an Advisive Narrative Concerning Virginia , " in which it was suggested that charitable persons in England should endow Virginia fellowships in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge . He stated that ...
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... called its founder , was born in Scotland in 1656 , and educated at Edinburgh University , where he graduated in 1676. Af- ter officiating as clergyman in an Episcopal church in Scotland for several years , he was selected by Dr ...
... called its founder , was born in Scotland in 1656 , and educated at Edinburgh University , where he graduated in 1676. Af- ter officiating as clergyman in an Episcopal church in Scotland for several years , he was selected by Dr ...
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... called upon him once and again to mind his book : upon which our master beat me . I told master the reason why he could not say his lesson was , his declaring he would beat me if any of the class were wanting in their duty ; since which ...
... called upon him once and again to mind his book : upon which our master beat me . I told master the reason why he could not say his lesson was , his declaring he would beat me if any of the class were wanting in their duty ; since which ...
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... called , ' says his biographer , the " beloved physician , " and was so agreeable in his manners , that when he entered the chambers of the sick , " his voice and counte- nance did good like medicine . " Amidst the multiplicity of his ...
... called , ' says his biographer , the " beloved physician , " and was so agreeable in his manners , that when he entered the chambers of the sick , " his voice and counte- nance did good like medicine . " Amidst the multiplicity of his ...
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... called upon ; the question is passed through the class , whether the answer be given right or not ; and all , whose solutions are right , go above those whose are wrong . After all the questions in a section have been under- stood and ...
... called upon ; the question is passed through the class , whether the answer be given right or not ; and all , whose solutions are right , go above those whose are wrong . After all the questions in a section have been under- stood and ...
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Page 460 - Muse, disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme. In distant lands now waits a better time, Producing subjects worthy fame: In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true: In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense ' The pedantry of courts and schools...
Page 608 - And he answered, and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these, which hear the word of God, and do it.
Page 526 - ... and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members...
Page 408 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea.
Page 429 - often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that sun behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting; but now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising, and not a setting sun.
Page 528 - ... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...
Page 607 - And she said; Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.
Page 525 - He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Page 528 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor, whose morals he would make his pattern...
Page 193 - JMD MEIKLEJOHN, MA, Professor of the Theory, History, and Practice of Education in the University of St Andrews.