 I *' thought you were on the other side of the " question just now !" is sometimes tauntingly said to an ingenuous child, who changes his opinion when he hears a new argument. You think it a proof of his want of judgment, that he changes his opinion....  Essays on Practical Education - Strona 352autor: Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1815Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1801 - Liczba stron: 372
...manner ; that he vibrates continually from side to side : let him vibrate, presently he will be fixed. Do you think it a proof that your scales are bad,...believe what has been told them. The readiness of belief in children will always be proportioned to their experience of the veracity of those with whom... | |
 | 1803 - Liczba stron: 456
...manner, that he vibrates continually from side to side ; let hhn vibrate; presently he will be fixed. Do you think it a proof that your scales are bad,...every additional weight that is added to either side ? Preceptors who imagine that it is necessary to put On very grave faces, and to use much learned apparatus... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1811 - Liczba stron: 528
...minds impartial, to sum up the reasons which they have heard, and to form their opinion from these Aa2 without regard to what they may have originally asserted....believe what has been told them. The readiness of belief in children will always be proportioned to their experience of the veracity of those with whom... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - Liczba stron: 824
...children for changing their opinions. You think it is a want of judgment that he changes his upinion. Do you think it a proof that your scales are bad,...every additional weight that is added to either side 1 Ы^еи-orth. \ protest that if the ministers whom I have mentioned, had pledged themselves yet deeper... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1835 - Liczba stron: 570
...manner; that he vibrates continually from side to side : let him vibrate, presently he will be fixed. Do you think it a proof that your scales are bad,...telling them improbable, extravagant stories, and then asking the simple listeners whether they believe what has been told them. The readiness of belief in... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1840 - Liczba stron: 328
...judgment, when he changes his opinion in this manner, that he vibrates, continually, from side to side. Do you think it a proof that your scales are bad,...every additional weight that is added to either side ? Debating societies, it is to be feared, have somewhat of the same tendency _vvith that of the injudicious... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - Liczba stron: 768
...Imagination, like a smug, pert counsellor, stands chattering at the bar. COWPKR. You think it is a want of judgment that he changes his opinion. Do you...every additional weight that is added to either side? EDGEWORTH. In eloquence, and even in poetry, which seems so much the lawful province of imagination,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - Liczba stron: 772
...Imagination, like a smug, pert counsellor, stands chattering at the bar. COWPER. You think it is a e hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her EDGKWORTH. In eloquence, and even in poetry, which seems so much the lawful province of imagination,... | |
 | 1891 - Liczba stron: 556
...and surveys The chain of reason with unerring gaze. Thomson. IN CHANGING OPINIONS. You think it is a want of judgment that he changes his opinion. Do you...every additional weight that is added to either side T Edgeworth. A PAIR OF SCALES. Judgment is but a curious pair of scales, That turns with th' hundredth... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - Liczba stron: 788
...time! his strength. — Steele. Yon think it a want of judgment that one changes his opinion. — Is it a proof that your scales are bad because they vibrate...every additional weight that is added to either side ? — Miss Edgeirortii. It is a maxim received in life that, in general, we can determine more wisely... | |
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