 | Francis Parkman - 1842 - 270 páginas
...not possible for him to understand. And I was desirous to make a trial how far his own reason would go in tracing out, with a little direction, the great...first principle of all religion, the being of God. In general company, indeed, he was (though not awkward,) modest to a degree that bordered on bashfulness... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - 419 páginas
...sentences which it was not possible for him to understand. And I was desirous to make a trial how far his own reason could go in tracing out, with a little...did), but merely as a moral or logical experiment. He had reached his fifth or sixth year, knew the alphabet, and could read a little ; but had received... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - 419 páginas
...sentences which it was not possible for him to understand. And I was desirous to make a trial how far his own reason could go in tracing out. with a little...all religion, the being of God. The following fact i; mentioned, not as a proof of superior sagacity in bin: (for I have no doubt that most children would,... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 239 páginas
...sentences which it was not possible for him to understand. And I was desirous to make a trial how far his own reason could go in tracing out, with a little...a proof of superior sagacity in him (for I have no And how Milton had glands in his brain, That secreted the Paradise Lost. And sure it is what they deserve,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1854 - 259 páginas
...not possible for him to understand. And I was desirous to make a trial how far his own reason would go in tracing out, with a little direction, the great...first principle of all religion, the being of God. In general company, indeed, he was (though not awkward) modest to a degree that bordered on bashfulness... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Farley - 1867 - 259 páginas
...not possible for him to understand. Aid I was desirous to make a trial how far his own reteon would go in tracing out, with a little direction, the great...and first principle of all religion, the being of Goa In general company, indeed, he was (though not awkvard) modest to a degree that bordered on bashfulness... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1878 - 693 páginas
...sentences which it was not possible for him to understand. And I was desirous to make a trial how far his own reason could go in tracing out, with a little direction, the great and first principle of nil religion, the being of God. The following fact is mentioned, not as a proof of superior sagacity... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1880
...sentences which it was not possible for him to understand. And I was desirous to make a trial how far his own reason could go in tracing out, with a little...a proof of superior sagacity in him (for I have no And how Milton had glands in his brain, That secreted the Paradise Lost. And sure it is what they deserve,... | |
 | Margaret Forbes - 1904 - 332 páginas
...advanced in intelligence to understand what he was told. He was also desirous to make a trial how far his own reason could go in tracing out with a little direction the great first principle of all religion, the being of a God. The device he employed for this purpose, when... | |
 | James Beattie - 2004 - 204 páginas
...sentences, which it was not possible for him to understand. And I was desirous to make a trial how far his own reason could go in tracing out with a little direction, the great first principle of all religion, the being of God. The following fact is mentioned, not as a proof... | |
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I had wished to impress on his mind, as soon as it might be prepared to receive them ; but I did not see the propriety of making him commit to memory theological sentences, or any sentences which it was not possible for him to understand. And I was desirous... 
