 Few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers. We prefer those instructions which we have given ourselves, from our affection to the instructor; and they are...  Practical Education - Page 387by Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1835 - 549 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 440 pages
...lazily, and consequently how ineffectually, instruction is received when forced upon the mind by others. Few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers. We prefer those instructions which we have given ourselves, from our affection to the instructor; and... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1809 - 476 pages
...lazily, and consequently how ineffectually, instruction is received when forced upon the mind by others. Few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers. We prefer those instructions which we have given ourselves, from our affection to the instructor ;... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1815 - 526 pages
...not taught by inferior masters will not contract habits of listless application. Under the eye of any indolent person, children seldom give their entire...will perceive that they have been too much taught, and that they have learned every thing which they knew as an art, and nothing as a science. Few people... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1819 - 614 pages
...lazily, and consequently how ineffectually, instruction is received when forced upon the mind by others. Few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers. We prefer those instructions which we have given ourselves, from our affection to the instructor; and... | |
 | 1819 - 552 pages
...and consequently how ineffectually, in' sktruction is received when forced upon the mind by others. Few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers. We prefer those instructions which we have given ourselves, from our affection to our instructor, and... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1819 - 610 pages
...lazily, and consequently how ineffectually, instruction is received when forced upon the mind by others. Few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers. We prefer those instructions which we have given ourselves, from our affection to the instructor; and... | |
 | Samuel Prout - Drawing - 1820 - 96 pages
...hinderance. It should be remembered, that there is " no short way but the nearest way;" and that " few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers." " Experience is all in all;" and those who will be at the trouble to do what others have done before... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Education - 1822 - 510 pages
...When the master isiat'laSt dismissed* and; liter'education fatigued and 'hapless,; '"Few have beeo " taught to any purpose, who have not been " their own...teachers," says Sir Joshua. Reynolds. This reflection upon.the art of teaching may perhaps be too general; but those persons, who look back upon their education,... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 pages
...lazily, and consequently how ineffectually, instruction is received when forced upon the mind by others. Few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers. We prefer those instructions which we have given ourselves, from our affection to the instructor; and... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Art - 1824 - 332 pages
...lazily, and consequently how ineffectually, instruction is received when forced upon the mind by others. Few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers. We prefer those instructions which we have given ourselves, from our affection to the instructor ;... | |
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