| English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...CAPTIVE; OR THE . LIFE AND ADVENTURES or Doctor Updike Underhill. (Continued from p. 13.) CHAP. IV. ' 'Tis education forms the common mind : Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.' POPE. ARGUMENT. Tkt Aiiittor it placed at a private School — Parental Motives to... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...di'mond blaze, We prize the strongei effort of his pow'r. And justly set the gem above the flow'r. 'Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd. f50 Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire • The next a tradesman, meek,... | |
| Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...will ; Wise, if a minister ; but, if a king, More wise, more, just, more learn'd, more evecy thing: "Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd. Boastful and r<iugh, your first son is a siiuirt : The next a tradesman, meek, and... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...di'mond blaze, We prize the stronger effort of his pow'r, And justly set the gem above the flow'r. 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd. 150 Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire ; The next a tradesman, meek,... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...di'mond blaze, We prize the stronger effort of his pow'r, And justly set the gem above the flow'r. Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd. 1 50 Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire; The next a tradesman, meek,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...diamond blaze, We prize the stronger effort of his pow'r, And justly set the gem above the flow'r. 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd. Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire ; The next a tradesman, meek, and... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...diamond blaze, We prize the stronger effort of his pow'r, And justly set the gem above the flow'r. 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd. Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire ; The next a tradesman, meek, and... | |
| Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...you will ; Wise if a minister ; but if a king, More wise, more just, more learn'd, more every thing; 'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the 4ree 's indin'd. Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire ; The next a tradesman, meek and much... | |
| Young lady - Psychology - 1809 - 204 pages
...than a long series of sensations, which, though pleasing, have an alloy of bitterness and chagrin 'Us education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd. Those qualities which distinguish us from others, are not the only ones which c flatter... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...diamond blaze, We prize the stronger effort of his power, And justly si-t the gem above the flower. 'Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's incljii'd. 150 Boastful and rough, your iirst son is a 'squire; The next a tradesman, meek,... | |
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