The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... Edward Monta- gue , occasionally resided with his guardian , and was now on a visit to the house . He was a re- tired , interesting youth , apparently devoted to study , but , from his amiable disposition , a uni- versal favourite of ...
... Edward Monta- gue , occasionally resided with his guardian , and was now on a visit to the house . He was a re- tired , interesting youth , apparently devoted to study , but , from his amiable disposition , a uni- versal favourite of ...
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... Edward Montague , he appeared to exist only for the service of Mrs. Mordaunt and her daughter ; - if he could be so fortunate as to think of a book that could amuse , or a dainty that might refresh , the invalid , he was at the height ...
... Edward Montague , he appeared to exist only for the service of Mrs. Mordaunt and her daughter ; - if he could be so fortunate as to think of a book that could amuse , or a dainty that might refresh , the invalid , he was at the height ...
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School. 41 CHAPTER IV . YET , few were the women in whom Edward Montague would have inspired such sentiments ; nor would they probably have arisen in her bosom , but from the associations excited by the mischievous raillery of her friend ...
School. 41 CHAPTER IV . YET , few were the women in whom Edward Montague would have inspired such sentiments ; nor would they probably have arisen in her bosom , but from the associations excited by the mischievous raillery of her friend ...
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... Edward , and then , if she is engaged to him , going to live in Scotland will be out of the question . She was , however , too judicious to mention these her hopes , but contented herself with observing , she trusted 44 THE SCHOOL FOR ...
... Edward , and then , if she is engaged to him , going to live in Scotland will be out of the question . She was , however , too judicious to mention these her hopes , but contented herself with observing , she trusted 44 THE SCHOOL FOR ...
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... Edward was revolt- ing alike to her grief and her delicacy . She treated him with coldness and hauteur , while to every one else , she was gentle and gracious : but still Caroline encouraged him to persevere ; she thought it was sorrow ...
... Edward was revolt- ing alike to her grief and her delicacy . She treated him with coldness and hauteur , while to every one else , she was gentle and gracious : but still Caroline encouraged him to persevere ; she thought it was sorrow ...
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Página 16 - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self...
Página 16 - If any man lack Wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth freely to them that ask him, and upbraideth no man, James, 1 : 5.
Página 113 - ... a foolish contempt, the proper occasions for exercising them. It is not in the study of sublime speculations, nor amidst the pompous scenery of some imaginary theatre of action, that the heart grows wiser, or the temper more correct. It is in the daily occurrences of mere common life, with all its mixture of folly and impertinence, that the proper exercise of virtue lies. It is here that the temptations to vanity, to selfishness, to discontent, and innumerable other unwarrantable affections arise;...
Página 113 - I believe it is much oftener our pride than our virtue, which is hurt, by a submission to what we are- apt to deem trifles. We are led to form much too magnificent ideas of our own powers of action, and by this means, to overlook, with a foolish contempt, the proper occasions for exercising them. It is not in the study of sublime speculations, nor amidst the pompous scenery of some imaginary theatre of action, that the heart grows wiser, or the temper more correct. It is in the daily occurrences...