...perfcverance. WE all .muft have experienced how lazily, and confequently how ineffectually, inftruction is received when forced upon the mind by others. Few have been taught to any purpofe who have not been their own teachers. We prefer thofe inftructions which we have, given ourfelves,...

...is at last dismissed, and her education completed, the pupil is left both fatigued and helpless. " Few have been " 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 ;...

...is at last dismissed, and her education completed, the pupil is left both fatigued and helpless. " Few have been 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...

...thus he acquires a confidence in himself sufficient to keep up the resolution of perseverance;. We all must have experienced how lazily, and consequently...they are more effectual, from being received into the D 3 V , \ mind at the very time when it is most open and eager to receive them. With respect to 'the...

...experienced how lazily,' says that illustrious man, ' and consequently how ineffectually, in' sktruction is received when forced upon the mind by others. Few...which we have given ourselves, from our affection to our instructor, and they are the more effectual, from being received into the mind, when it is most...

...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...

...thus he acquires a confidence in himself sufficient to keep up the resolution of perseverance. We all must have experienced how lazily, and consequently...instruction is received when forced upon the mind by others.8 Few have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers. We prefer those...

...tasks, will do little towards creating a love of the art. It was a saying of Sir Joshua Reynolds, that few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers. The majority of young ladies who now learn drawing, do so merely because drawing is considered one...

...abuses I have exposed, and such as have attempted to invalidate the truth of my statements. f " We all must have experienced how lazily, and consequently...any purpose who have not been their own teachers." — SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. I " On whom can (the student) rely, or who shall show him the path that leads...

...said to have had no superior among his contemporaries. " Few," says a great professor b of his art, " have been taught to any purpose, who have not been their own teachers ;" and this is emphatically true of Gainsborough. His style he formed for himself, in the fields of...