 remains fresh ; and, if there is truth as well as poetry in the familiar lines, " 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined," I might not transcend the limits of truth, were I to assert that I owe more of my  The R.I. Schoolmaster - Página 731858Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Lindley Murray - 1833 - 274 páginas
...POETRY CHAPTER I. SELECT SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS. SECTION I. Short and Easy Sentences. Education. Tl^IS education forms the common mind ; ■*- Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inolin'd. Candour. With pleasure let us own our errors past; And make each day a critic on the... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 432 páginas
...any writer, however fraught with wisdom either human or divine. To say, for the thousandth time— '' Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree "s inclined,' is to compress volumes into a single couplet; and is no less true than it was when... | |
 | Elias Hicks - 1834 - 244 páginas
...of superstition and tradition, which have been riveted on their minds by an erroneous education. " 'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined." What very great responsibility attaches to parents, and how rery necessary it is... | |
 | George Cox - 1834 - 214 páginas
...In a Letter to the Author of " Some Remarks on the Present Studies and Management of Eton School." " "Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd."—Pope. " This letter is similar in its nature to the ' Remarks' which we lately... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 434 páginas
...any writer, however fraught with wisdom either human or divine. To say, for the thousandth time— '' Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree 's inclined,' is to compress volumes into a single couplet; and is no less true than it was when... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 páginas
...diamond blaze, We prize the stronger effort of his power, And justly set the gem above the flower. 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent, the tree 's inclined. 150 Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire ; The next a tradesman, meek,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 328 páginas
...diamond blaze, We prize the stronger effort of his power, And justly set the gem above the flower. 'Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd itful and rough, your first son is a 'squire ; next a tradesman, meek, and much a liar;... | |
 | Stephen Burroughs - 1835 - 372 páginas
...laws to which they are appointed. But I return from this digression to the narrative. CHAP. II. Tig education forms the common mind: Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inelin'd. BEING possessed with the most romantic ideas of military prowess, I longed for an... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 506 páginas
...diamond blaze, We prize the stronger effort of his power, And justly set the gem above the flower. 'Tie mighty hand ! So lies great Hector prostrate on the shore ; Ilia tree's inclined. 1 Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire ; The next a tradesman, meek, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 páginas
...diamond blaze, We prize the stronger effort of his power, And justly set the gem above the flower^ 'Tis education forms the common mind : Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. 15 Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire ; The next a tradesman, meek, and... | |
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