Woodhouse Grove School: Memorials and ReminiscencesT. Woolmer, 1885 - 353 páginas |
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... give the pupils a good share of classical learning . Most of the classics , for obvious reasons , he extracted . He permitted no translation whatever ; and his grammars , which are very concise , are in English . The order in which the ...
... give the pupils a good share of classical learning . Most of the classics , for obvious reasons , he extracted . He permitted no translation whatever ; and his grammars , which are very concise , are in English . The order in which the ...
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... give , not a taste for religion , but a loathing . Each of these rules carries absurdity upon the face of it . a boy do , shivering in the cold , from four till eight in a winter's morning ? It is true he may hear prayers and sing hymns ...
... give , not a taste for religion , but a loathing . Each of these rules carries absurdity upon the face of it . a boy do , shivering in the cold , from four till eight in a winter's morning ? It is true he may hear prayers and sing hymns ...
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... gives the following sketch of the personal appearance of Mr. Martindale , and to it may be added my own testimony as to its correctness : “ He always wore his hair parted evenly down the centre of the head from the crown to the forehead ...
... gives the following sketch of the personal appearance of Mr. Martindale , and to it may be added my own testimony as to its correctness : “ He always wore his hair parted evenly down the centre of the head from the crown to the forehead ...
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... give the sub- stance of the two sermons heard during the day , and as they were favoured with a rather odd assortment of local preachers , as was very natural they were very apt to remember just such portions of a discourse as with ...
... give the sub- stance of the two sermons heard during the day , and as they were favoured with a rather odd assortment of local preachers , as was very natural they were very apt to remember just such portions of a discourse as with ...
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... give us some proper counsel on that point . Next came up the definition of " purloining , " at which the governor's features somewhat relaxed in spite of all effort , and the gravity of some of the family and domestics was upset ...
... give us some proper counsel on that point . Next came up the definition of " purloining , " at which the governor's features somewhat relaxed in spite of all effort , and the gravity of some of the family and domestics was upset ...
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afterwards Alfred amongst appointed Arthur B.A. London became Bradford brother Bunting C.Sc Cambridge chapel Charles chemist Chettle Church circuit classical clergyman College committee Conference Connexion daughter Dead Died dinner Doncaster draper Edward English entered the ministry entered the Wesleyan father Fletcher FRED George Morley governor governorship Greek Hare head master Headingley HENRY holiday honour Huddersfield J.Sc Jabez James James Wood John Farrar John Stamp Jonathan Crowther Joseph junior master Kingswood School labours lads late Rev Latin learning lectures Leeds letter Liverpool Lord M.Sc Manchester Martindale Methodist ministers missionary morning Moulton occasion old Grove boy Parker playground prayer meeting preacher preaching present pupils remember residence Richard river Aire Robert says scholar scholarship schoolfellows schoolroom sermon Sheffield shew sons Stamp Sugden Sunday teacher THOMAS Vasey Waddy Wesley Wesley College Wesleyan ministry whilst WILLIAM William Atherton Wood Woodhouse Grove School Yeadon
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Página 255 - With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she doeth the things that are just, and refraineth from all unjust and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.
Página 255 - Religion must relinquish that imperious, that domineering position which she has so long maintained against Science. There must be absolute freedom for thought. The ecclesiastic must learn to keep himself within the domain he has chosen, and cease to tyrannize over the philosopher, who, conscious of his own strength and the purity of his motives, will bear such interference no longer.
Página 199 - Hear him, Yeadoners!' Encouraged by this approbation, the lad began his simple experience by stating, like Joshua, ' As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.' The ' Yeadoners ' applauded vigorously ; but the ludicrous side of the picture was too much for the other boys, and Jonathan's ' house ' completely upset their gravity. The...
Página 286 - How blest is he who ne'er consents By ill advice to walk ; Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits Where men profanely talk.
Página 255 - Whatever is resting on fiction and fraud will be overthrown. Institutions that organize impostures and spread delusions must show what right they have to exist. Faith must render an account of herself to Reason. Mysteries must give place to facts. Religion must relinquish that imperious, that domineering position which she has so long maintained against Science. There must be absolute freedom for thought. The ecclesiastic must learn to keep himself within the domain he has chosen, and...
Página 13 - Hence, six gentlemen of that county were placed upon the committee appointed to superintend the fitting up and furnishing of the academy, and to prepare it for the purposes of education. I believe no opposition was offered to this important measure. All that Dr. Clarke had to say as he left the platform of the Conference, ere its close, was to beg that not a single tree on the estate about to be purchased might be cut down. Wise men,
Página 95 - When I was a boy at the Grove, I was thrashed every day. I have no doubt that I generally deserved it; but it was too much — it did no good.") In 1812, John Fennell, the first headmaster, writes: "I am happy to inform you that God has begun a most blessed work among the children. I preached yesterday from Proverbs iv, 3, 4 (For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my...
Página 341 - I received the parcel which contained the cloth etc., on Wednesday last, and was very happy to hear that you all were well, and to inform you that we are the same. Thank God for every blessing. You required of me when you were here, that when I wrote to you I would inform you how we spent our time, and to begin the Lord's Day. The first, therefore, I will. We rise at six o'clock in the morning, and to half-past, washing etc.; to seven, a public prayer meeting; to eight, private prayer and reading;...
Página 4 - Stansfield-Cromptons, was then, I think, a more magnificent avenue than it is now, having trees more densely planted on either side. The Grove's academic shades, with such natural attractions of scenery, and almost close to the banks of the Aire, then a pellucid stream, might be deemed fitting haunts for the • Muses, and a suitable spot for acquiring familiarity with old classic legends of Dryads and Naiads, and all the literature of Greece and Rome.