I therefore told him the name of the Great Being who made him and all the world ; concerning whose adorable nature I gave him such information as I thought he could in some measure comprehend. The lesson affected him greatly, and he never forgot either... Public Characters - Page 4871804Full view - About this book
| 1800 - 574 pages
...intelligent cause. I therefore told him the name of the Great Being who made him and all the world ; concerning .whose adorable nature I gave him such...either it, or the circumstance that introduced it.' The following passages contain some account of the young author's character : 1 Piety and meekness... | |
| 1800 - 572 pages
...intelligent causa. I therefore told him the name of the Great Being who made hun and all the world ; concerning whose adorable nature I gave him such information as I thought he could in some measuie comprehend. The lesson affected him greatly, md he never forgot either it, or the circumstance... | |
| 1803 - 456 pages
...teliigent cause. I therefore told him the name of " the Great Being, who made him and all the world ; " concerning whose adorable nature I gave him such "...him greatly, and " he never forgot either it or the circumstances that " introduced it." ii. CHAPTER XIV. Public and primate Education, Schools, and the... | |
| James Hardie - 1805 - 536 pages
...intelligent cause, I, therefore, told him the name of the Great Being, who made him and all the fWOfjd; concerning whose adorable nature, I gave .him such...either it, or the circumstance, that introduced it." In his 8th year he began, to study latin under his grandfather Dr. Dun, and the other teachers of the... | |
| 1805 - 506 pages
...I therefore told him the name of the Great Being, who made him and all the worldj concerning whdse adorable nature, I gave him such information as I...either it, or the circumstance that introduced it." '. pp. 1 1, 12. Ait. XXX. The New Token for Children; or, a Sequel to Janeway's } being an authentic... | |
| John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - 1805 - 452 pages
...intelligent cause. I therefore told him the name of the Great Being who made him and all the world; concerning whose adorable nature I gave him such information...in some measure comprehend. The lesson affected him gjeatly, and he never forgot either it, or the ciriumstance that introduced it." Having received the... | |
| John Stark - 1805 - 488 pages
...him and all the world; concerning whose adorable nature T gave him such information as I thought be could in some measure comprehend. The lesson affected...either it, or the circumstance that introduced it." Having received the rudiments of hi» education at thegrammarschoul of Aberdeen, he was entered, at... | |
| 1806 - 224 pages
...cause. " I therefore told him," says he, " the name of the Great Being who made him and all the world ; concerning whose adorable nature I gave him such information...he had attained his seventh year, he attended the grammarsphool of Aberdeen, where he acquired the elements o." the Latin tongue; he also studied Ovid... | |
| Sir William Forbes - 1806 - 578 pages
...with himself: for he was always extremely dependent on the society, and even on the assistance, of * such information as I thought he could in some measure...him greatly, and he never forgot either it, or the circum." stance that introduced it." • This was during the course of the war in that country, in... | |
| James Beattie, James Hay Beattie - 1807 - 212 pages
...intelligent cause. I therefore told him the name of the Great Being who made him and all the world : concerning whose adorable nature I gave him such information...either it, or the circumstance that introduced it. At home, from his mother and me, he learned to read and write. His pronunciation was not correct, as... | |
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