 | 1741 - 484 pages
...he fays in Behalf of Reading, that iy?, We thereby acquaint ourfelves, in a very extenfive Manner, with the Affairs, Actions, and Thoughts of the Living and the Dead, in the moft remote Nations, and in the moft dillant Ages ; and that with as much Eafe, as tho' they lived... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1801 - 482 pages
...advantages of it are such as these. I. By reading we acquaint ourselves in a very extensive manner " with the affairs, actions, and thoughts of the living...though they lived in our own age and nation. By reading of books we may learn something from all parts of mankind ; whereas VN^ by observation we learn all... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1807 - 508 pages
...advantages of it are such as these : " 1. By reading we acquaint ourselves in a very extensive manner -with the affairs, actions, and thoughts of the living...ease as though they lived in our own age and nation. " 2. By reading we learn not only the actions and the sentiments of distant nations and ages, but we... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1809 - 238 pages
...AND STUDY IN GENERAL. BY reading we become acquainted with the affairs, actions, and thoughts both of the living and the dead, in the most remote nations, and in the most distant ages. We transfer to ourselves, as it were, the knowledge and improvement of the most... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - 498 pages
...advantages of it are such as these : "1. By reading- we acquaint ourselves in a very extensive manner -with the affairs, actions, and thoughts of the living...ease as though they lived in our own age and nation. " 2. By reading- we learn not only the actions and the sentiments of distant nations and ages, but... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 368 pages
...advantages of it are such as these. • 1. By reading we acquaint ourselves in a very extensive manner Avith the affairs, actions and thoughts of the living and...though they lived in our own age and nation. By reading of books we may learn something from all parts of mitnkind ; whereas by observation we learn all from... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 590 pages
...are such as these : 1. By reading we acquaint ourselves in a very extensive manner reith the ajairs, actions and thoughts of the living and the dead, in...that with as much ease as though they lived in our owu age and nation. By reading of books we may learn something from all parts of mankind; whereas by... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1814 - 524 pages
...advantages of it are such as these : 1. By reading we acquaint ourselves, in a very extensive manner, with the affairs, actions, and thoughts of the living and the dead, in the most remote nations, and most distant ages, and that with as much ease as though they lived in our own age and nation. By reading... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1819 - 518 pages
...these: 1. By reading we aequaint ourselves, in a very extensive manner, with the affairs, aetions, and thoughts of the living and the dead, in the most remote nations, and most distant ages, and that with as mueh ease as though they lived in our own age and nation. By reading... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1821 - 476 pages
...advantages of it are such as these : 1 . By reading we acquaint ourselves, in a very extensive manner, with the affairs, actions, and thoughts of the living...though they lived in our own age and nation. By reading of books we may learn something from all parts of mankind ; whereas by observation we learn all from... | |
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... most distant ages, and that with as much ease as though they lived in our own age and nation. By reading of books we may learn something from all parts of mankind ; whereas by observation we learn all from ourselves, and only what comes within our... 
