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
| Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 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. 1 Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire ; The nejt a tradesman, meek, and... | |
| Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 páginas
...the ' Moral Epistles') studded witb brilliant points, and filled with the most truthful description : •'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire ; The next a tradesman, meek, and... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 páginas
...Wise, if a minister; but if a tang 1 , More wise, more just, more learn'd, more every thing. Teaching. 'Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd, Boasting. 'Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire; Smooth. The next a tradesman,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1851 - 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 inclin'd. Boa«tful and rough, your first son is a. 'squire; The next a tradesman, meek, and... | |
| 1927 - 200 páginas
...in the following states: Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Utah, Vermont. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT 'Tis education forms the common mind: Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. Pope. A definite grade requirement before leaving school for work should be established... | |
| Royall Tyler - 1970 - 234 páginas
...New England first published in London, 1702, stresses the providential nature of events. CHAPTER 5 Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd. ARGUMENT POPE The Author is placed at a private School: Parental Motives to a College... | |
| 1910 - 344 páginas
...Pope, more than a century later, in his "Moral Essays " gave expression to the more familiar phrase: " 'Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined." And then you will remember that other statement, was it Carlyle's or another's? I... | |
| Forrest McDonald - 1982 - 486 páginas
...sweet, was not enough. Already, Fame was calling. ¿II¿ Education in the Political Arts: 1775-4783. Tis Education forms the common mind, Just as the Twig is bent, the Tree's inclined. Battlefield heroics come easily to those who have a youthful indifference to death.... | |
| Jay Fliegelman - 1982 - 344 páginas
...As Alexander Pope, who had his doubts about the new position, declared in his first "Moral Essay": "'Tis education forms the common mind / Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd." 3 The sacred responsibility of parents and teachers was to finish the work of creation... | |
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