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. Letters to Mothers - Стр. 180авторы: Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1845 - Страниц: 297Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Dugald Stewart - 1802 - Страниц: 610
...different fubjefts which may pafs unde our review. Nothing, in truth, has fuch a tendency to weaken, not only the powers of invention, but the intellectual powers in general, as a habit of extenfive and various reading, without reflexion. The activity and force of the mind are... | |
| Hezekiah G. Ufford - 1823 - Страниц: 200
...has Mr. Stewart relative to method in reading ? A. " Nothing (says he) 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. The activity and force of the mind are... | |
| Nathaniel Appleton Haven - 1827 - Страниц: 404
...intellectual purpose, than indolent reading. " Nothing," says Stewart, " 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." The divided attention we often give to... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1827 - Страниц: 512
...manner. This is injurious to the memory. " Nothing (says Dugald Stewart) 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." Always make it a rule fully to understand... | |
| Nathaniel Appleton Haven - 1827 - Страниц: 406
...intellectual purpose, than indolent reading. " Nothing," says Stewart, " 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." The divided attention we often give to... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - Страниц: 292
...manner. This is injurious to the memory. " Nothing, (saysDugald Stuart) 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." Always make it a rule fully to understand... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - Страниц: 482
...different subjects which may pass under our review. 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. .The activity and force of the mind are... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1832 - Страниц: 610
...manner. This is injurious to the memory. " Nothing (says Dugald Stewart,) 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." Always make it a rule fully to understand... | |
| Samuel Warren - 1835 - Страниц: 580
...reading and reflection. " Nothing, in truth," says Dugald Stewart, " 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. The activity and force of mind are gradually... | |
| 1836 - Страниц: 508
..." Nothing," says an extensive and accomplished writer, (Stewart,) " has such a tendency to weaken, not only the powers of invention, but the intellectual powers in general, as this." Yet by how many is it practised? Forgetful of our maxim, that nothing valuable can be acquired... | |
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