 | John S. Skinner, Editor. - 1826 - 438 pages
...harmony, and love The richest bounty of indulgent Heaven. Meantime a smiling offspring rises round, . the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, I'D teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, 1 o breathe th'... | |
 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1827 - 368 pages
...an enquiring mind, but were totally at a loss what to ask for, and who had no friend to direct them. -Reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of...mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The gen'rous purpose in the glowing breast." THOMSON. One day, as my friend Jones and I were strolling... | |
 | Hannah More - English literature - 1827 - 542 pages
...That I may do THÏ will in doing mine. THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS : A PASTORAL DRAMA FOR YOUNG LADIES. To rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea...instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, ami to fix The gen'rous purpose in the female breast. — Thomson. TO MRS. GWATKIN. DEAB Млплн,... | |
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...Cheek their own appetites, and give them all. p. 41. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, 1 To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. p. S4. For is there aught... | |
 | Charles Edward Herbert Orpen - Christian education - 1827 - 438 pages
...degrees, The human blossom blows, while ev'ry day, Soft as it rolls along, shews some new charm; While infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care." Thompson's Seasons, i. 1143. - The reader is requested to consult the following texts, in the order... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 336 pages
...-By degrees, The human blossom blows ; and every day, Soft as it rolls along, shews some new charm, Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the...mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix fbe generous purpose in the glowing breast. THOMSON'S SPRIKS, 1. 1143. But this, like every other human... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...ignorance and degradation ; cleanly in their persons and neatly attired, reciting pieces calculated " to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea...pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast." . . The appearance of... | |
 | W. Davidson - Lanark (Scotland) - 1828 - 236 pages
...higher crimes, chew'd, swallow'd, and digested Appear before us! " CHAPTER VI. tftlfilic $Cf)Ool*, &f. " Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach...idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er tlie mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast."... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Education - 1966 - 1002 pages
...that more useful Culture of young Minds. Thompson says, 'Tis Joy to see the human Blossoms blow, When infant Reason grows apace, and calls For the kind...shoot, To pour the fresh Instruction o'er the Mind, To breath th'enliv'ning Spirit, and to fix The generous Purpose in the glowing Breast. That a House be... | |
 | Royall Tyler - Fiction - 1970 - 234 pages
...father consented to my mother's request that I should renew my career of learning. Delightful taskl to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea...the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The gen'rous purpose in the glowing breast. THOMSON'S Seasons ARGUMENT... | |
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Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. 
