"It is not enough, said Annesly, to put weapons into those hands which never have been taught the use of them; the reading we recommend to youth will store their minds with intelligence, if they attend to it properly; but to go a little farther, we must accustom them to apply it, we must teach them the art of comparing the ideas with which it has furnished them."
The Man of the World
At least 12 entries in ESTC (1773, 1783, 1787, 1792, 1795, 1799).<br>
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Text from  <u>The Man of the World. In Two Parts</u> (London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xr  i:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000030484:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;