 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 200 pages
...write, and who ought to dwell on then- subject till they have sounded its depths. These reflections, however, I do not absolutely warrant. On the supposition...evangelical maxim of forgetting friends, country, and religion, of giving merit its due praise, and embracing truth wherever it is to be found. But what... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1875 - 362 pages
...unconnected with the subject of which it treats, and the results of these ideas may be very profitable. To read with attention, exactly to define the expressions...often to pause, reflect and interrogate ourselves, this is advice which it is easy to give, but difficult to follow. But what ought we to read ? Each... | |
 | Robert Lomas - English language - 1876 - 122 pages
...write, and who ought to dwell on their subject till they have sounded its depths. These reflections, however, I do not absolutely warrant . On the supposition...which it is easy to give, but difficult to follow. GIBBON, " Abstract of my Readings." IRRITABILITY OF TEMPER. Upon considering the lives and fortunes... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 576 pages
...absolutely warrant. On the supposition that they are just, they may be so, perhaps, for myself alone. tt tfiese are so many advices which it is easy to give, but difficult to follow. The same may be said... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 582 pages
...they may be so, perhaps, for myself alone. The constitution of minds diO'ers like that of lioilies ; k a trouble: his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth advicea which it is easy to give, but difficult to follow-. The same may be said of that almost evangelical... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 pages
...understanding ; a long and exclusive application to a single objecj, hardens and contracts it .... ' To read with attention, exactly to define the expressions...which it is easy to give, but difficult to follow.' Yet we must deplore the bias of his mind which disqualified him to translate our human nature. During... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...an end to which all our studies may point. Detached parcels of knowledge cannot form a whole. . . . To read with attention, exactly to define the expressions...interrogate ourselves; these are so many advices which it in easy to give, but difficult to follow.' Yet we must deplore the bias of his mind which disqualified... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1883 - 586 pages
...his precepts, as well as example, are valuable hints to students: To read with attention, exacrly <« define the expressions of our author, never to admit...which it is -easy to give, but difficult to follow.' Yet we must deplore the bias of his mind which disqualified him to translate our human nature. During... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes - Readers - 1884 - 524 pages
...Ronald brought a lily-white doe To give to his cousin, Lady Clare. From " Lady Clare," by TENKTSON. To read with attention, exactly to define the expressions...its reason, often to pause, reflect, and interrogate ourselves,—these are so many advices which it is easy to give, but difficult to follow, "Sit down,... | |
 | Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - Readers - 1884 - 516 pages
...Ronald brought a lily-white doe To give to his cousin, Lady Clare. From "Lady Clare," by TENSTSON. To read with attention, exactly to define the expressions...without comprehending its reason, often to pause, refiect, and interrogate ourselves,—these are so many advices which it is easy to give, but difficult... | |
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To read with attention, exactly to define the expressions of our author, never to admit a conclusion without comprehending its reason, often to pause, reflect, and interrogate ourselves, these are so many advices which it is easy to give but difficult... 
