Education and Educational Institutions Considered, with Reference to the Industrial Professions, and the Present Aspect of SocietyJohn W. Parker, 1846 - 108 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 5
Page 6
... Bishop of Sodor and Man . 8d . The Theory and Practice of Arithmetic , comprising all the usual Rules with their Proofs ; Scales of Notation ; Logarithms ; Mensuration ; Formula for calculating the Horse - power of Steam - Engines ...
... Bishop of Sodor and Man . 8d . The Theory and Practice of Arithmetic , comprising all the usual Rules with their Proofs ; Scales of Notation ; Logarithms ; Mensuration ; Formula for calculating the Horse - power of Steam - Engines ...
Page 16
... John Bradford , Archbishop Grindal , and Judge Hale . What is Christianity ? By T. Vowler Short , D.D. , Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man . 2s . 6d . Contents : - Religion - Peculiarities of Christianity - The Atonement - Sanctification ...
... John Bradford , Archbishop Grindal , and Judge Hale . What is Christianity ? By T. Vowler Short , D.D. , Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man . 2s . 6d . Contents : - Religion - Peculiarities of Christianity - The Atonement - Sanctification ...
Page 19
... Bishop of Sodor and Man . 1s . Hints to Teachers of the Children of the Poor . By the Rev. B. G. Johns , Normal Master , St. Mark's College , Chelsea . 1s . 6d . * Hints on School - keeping . By the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man . 8d ...
... Bishop of Sodor and Man . 1s . Hints to Teachers of the Children of the Poor . By the Rev. B. G. Johns , Normal Master , St. Mark's College , Chelsea . 1s . 6d . * Hints on School - keeping . By the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man . 8d ...
Page 20
... John A. Bolster , M.A. , Prebendary of Cork , and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop . 2s . Books for Little Children . * Instructions for Teaching Arithmetic to Little Children . By the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man . 6d . First Ideas of ...
... John A. Bolster , M.A. , Prebendary of Cork , and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop . 2s . Books for Little Children . * Instructions for Teaching Arithmetic to Little Children . By the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man . 6d . First Ideas of ...
Page 28
... Bishop of Sodor and Man . 16s . History of the Church of Ireland . By the Right Rev. Richard Mant , D.D. , Lord Bishop of Down and Connor . Two large Octavo Volumes , price 17s . each . Vol . I. From the Reformation to the Revolution ...
... Bishop of Sodor and Man . 16s . History of the Church of Ireland . By the Right Rev. Richard Mant , D.D. , Lord Bishop of Down and Connor . Two large Octavo Volumes , price 17s . each . Vol . I. From the Reformation to the Revolution ...
Other editions - View all
Education and Educational Institutions Considered with Reference to the ... James Booth No preview available - 2019 |
Education and Educational Institutions Considered: With Reference to the ... James Booth No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance acquired adapted affording ancient antiquity application Arithmetic attention Bible Bishop of Sodor Book Cambridge Chemistry Children Christian Church of England Cicero classes classical connexion contains course cultivation discoveries Divine Easy Lessons Edition elementary Elements eminent English Notes established Exercises faculties familiar French Geography Grammar habits human Illustrations important institutions instruction intellectual John Hullah King's College School knowledge language laws learning Lectures London Lord Bishop Manual manufactures Mathematics matter Mechanics ment mind mode modern moral Music nations Natural Philosophy numerous Wood-Cuts object Octavo Oxford political POLYBIUS popular Post Octavo practical present principles professions Professor progress public schools pupils pursuits question reader Reading reason religion remarkable rules Scripture selected sense student teach Ten Thousand Greeks tion Trinity College truth universities of Dublin University University of Cambridge University of Oxford valuable whole writers young youth
Popular passages
Page 6 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 10 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 31 - Nothing, in truth, has such a tendency to weaken, not only the powers of invention, but the intellectual powers in general, as a habit of extensive and various reading without reflection.
Page 30 - CHARICLES ; a Tale illustrative of Private Life among the Ancient Greeks : with Notes and Excursuses. New Edition. Post Svo.
Page 50 - Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and unenquiring eye perceives neither novelty nor beauty, he walks in the midst of wonders : every object which falls in his way elucidates some principle, affords some instruction, and impresses him with a sense of harmony and order.
Page 9 - Histories of the Lives and Conduct of the Principal Characters of the Old and New Testament. By E.
Page 32 - LECTURES ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PHYSIC. Delivered at King's College, London. A new American, from the last revised and enlarged English edition, with Additions, by D. FRANCIS CONDIE, MD, author of ".A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children,
Page 13 - Literature of the Church of England; Specimens of the Writings of Eminent Divines, with Memoirs of their Lives and Times. By R. CATTERMOLE, BD Two volumes. Octavo. 25s. Essays on Peculiarities of the Christian Religion.
Page 36 - ... acquired a knowledge of the ancient languages. But not one gentleman in fifty can possibly receive what we should call a complete and liberal education. That term includes not only the ancient languages, but those of France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. It includes mathematics, the experimental sciences, and moral philosophy. An intimate acquaintance both with the profound and polite parts of English literature is indispensable. Few of those who are intended for professional or commercial life...
Page 6 - And that which casts our proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and orations, which are the acts...