The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... Ellen , persuaded it was sinful , earnestly endeavoured to check her vain regrets , her spirits did not return , nor did she feel any interest in her former pursuits ; she had always been the particular favourite of her father , and ...
... Ellen , persuaded it was sinful , earnestly endeavoured to check her vain regrets , her spirits did not return , nor did she feel any interest in her former pursuits ; she had always been the particular favourite of her father , and ...
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... Ellen , as the eldest , to ac- quire some energy of character , and even know- ledge of the world , both far more likely to be found in an intercourse with the inmates of a large school , than in the retired village , where she was ...
... Ellen , as the eldest , to ac- quire some energy of character , and even know- ledge of the world , both far more likely to be found in an intercourse with the inmates of a large school , than in the retired village , where she was ...
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... Ellen , she said , " You cannot doubt , my beloved child , that in trusting you so far from my own care , I feel a thousand anxieties for your health and comfort , left as you now will be in some degree to yourself , and ex- posed for ...
... Ellen , she said , " You cannot doubt , my beloved child , that in trusting you so far from my own care , I feel a thousand anxieties for your health and comfort , left as you now will be in some degree to yourself , and ex- posed for ...
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... Ellen , " God bless you , dear child , " said she , " pray be good , and learn fast , that you may come back to us ... Ellen's sorrow , but as Miss Smith refused to alight , she had no time for indulging it , but turning once more to her ...
... Ellen , " God bless you , dear child , " said she , " pray be good , and learn fast , that you may come back to us ... Ellen's sorrow , but as Miss Smith refused to alight , she had no time for indulging it , but turning once more to her ...
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... Ellen felt desolate and forlorn , she was grateful for her notice , and endeavoured to seem cheerful ; but besides the grief that oppressed her heart , she soon became too unwell for conversation , since , unaccustomed to travelling ...
... Ellen felt desolate and forlorn , she was grateful for her notice , and endeavoured to seem cheerful ; but besides the grief that oppressed her heart , she soon became too unwell for conversation , since , unaccustomed to travelling ...
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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...