Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is ConductedCollins and Perkins, 1807 - 168 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة iii
... experiment which has here been made of that system , and the interest which the public have evinced , by their frequent enquiries for his work , seem to render the re - pub- lication , if not absolutely expedient , peculiarly proper ...
... experiment which has here been made of that system , and the interest which the public have evinced , by their frequent enquiries for his work , seem to render the re - pub- lication , if not absolutely expedient , peculiarly proper ...
الصفحة xxi
... respecting it tended to increase an inclination to make an experiment of it . Happily a Teacher who had already adopted it with success , and who in other respects appeared well qualified for the under- taking , ( xxi )
... respecting it tended to increase an inclination to make an experiment of it . Happily a Teacher who had already adopted it with success , and who in other respects appeared well qualified for the under- taking , ( xxi )
الصفحة xxv
... experiment has not yet been tried to its fullest extent ; yet sufficient has been done to satisfy the trustees , that this institution is capable of being rendered one of the most important and useful in our country . The progress of ...
... experiment has not yet been tried to its fullest extent ; yet sufficient has been done to satisfy the trustees , that this institution is capable of being rendered one of the most important and useful in our country . The progress of ...
الصفحة xxvii
... experiment , but also from that of a very extensive institution , consisting of one thousand scholars , established in London , that no mode hitherto adopted , so decidedly com- bines the two advantages of economy in expense , and ...
... experiment , but also from that of a very extensive institution , consisting of one thousand scholars , established in London , that no mode hitherto adopted , so decidedly com- bines the two advantages of economy in expense , and ...
الصفحة 1
... experiments I pleased , whenever I found a poor child whose parents were unable to pay for his instruction , I gave him education gratis . This class of children increased so much , that above thirty names were on the book as free ...
... experiments I pleased , whenever I found a poor child whose parents were unable to pay for his instruction , I gave him education gratis . This class of children increased so much , that above thirty names were on the book as free ...
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الصفحة xxvii - York for the education of such poor children as do not belong to, or are not provided for by, any religious society...
الصفحة 130 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
الصفحة 140 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
الصفحة ix - ... and by that name they and their successors for ever hereafter shall and may have succession, and by that name shall and may be persons in law, capable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
الصفحة xxviii - An act to lay a duty on strong liquors, and for regulating inns and taverns, so far as it relates to the city of New York, and for other purposes,
الصفحة ix - York," and that by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being Impleaded, answering and being answered...
الصفحة 36 - The whole school is arranged in classes; a monitor is appointed to each, who is responsible for the cleanliness, order and improvement of every boy in it. He is assisted by boys, either from his own or another class, to perform part of his duties for him, when the number is more than he is equal to manage himself. The proportion of boys who teach, either in reading, writing, or arithmetic, is one to ten. In so large a school, there are duties to be performed which simply relate to order, and have...
الصفحة 87 - Few punishments are so effectual as confinement after school 'hours. It is, however, attended with one unpleasant circumstance. In order to confine the bad boys in the schooi-room, after school-hours, it is often needful the master, or some proper substitute for him, should confine ' himself in school, to keep them in order. This inconvenience may be avoided, by tying them to the desks, in such a manner that they cannot untie themselves.
الصفحة xv - The President, or, in his absence, the Vice President, or, in the absence of both, any member of the Council, shall preside at all meetings of the Society and of the Council.
الصفحة 87 - ... the pupils, who frequently smile at the birds in the cage. This punishment is one of the most terrible that can be inflicted on boys of sense and abilities. Above all, it is dreaded by the monitors: the name of it is sufficient, and therefore it is but seldom resorted to on their account. Frequent or old offenders are yoked together sometimes, by a piece of wood that fastens round all their necks: and, thus confined, they parade the school, walking backwards — being obliged to pay very great...