The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... affections , ardent after novelty , but dislik- ing every kind of application . Mrs. Mordaunt , though still young , and ex- tremely pretty , anxious to make up to her daughters the grievous loss they had sustained , devoted herself ...
... affections , ardent after novelty , but dislik- ing every kind of application . Mrs. Mordaunt , though still young , and ex- tremely pretty , anxious to make up to her daughters the grievous loss they had sustained , devoted herself ...
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... affection ; her mother observing her abstraction , and fear- ing for her health , resolved , at last , on sending her to school at a distance , in order that her mind might be diverted by the novelty , and her exertion roused by the ...
... affection ; her mother observing her abstraction , and fear- ing for her health , resolved , at last , on sending her to school at a distance , in order that her mind might be diverted by the novelty , and her exertion roused by the ...
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... affection , and waving her hand to a group of village children , as- sembled to see the last of her , half bewildered , she was put into the chaise , which rapidly driv- ing from the door , was soon lost sight of . Miss Smith , who ...
... affection , and waving her hand to a group of village children , as- sembled to see the last of her , half bewildered , she was put into the chaise , which rapidly driv- ing from the door , was soon lost sight of . Miss Smith , who ...
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... affection . Miss Stanhope had been educated at home . She was amiable , affectionate , and lively ; and Barbara thought she now perceived that the reason why Ellen had so long refused to give to her the title of friend , was , because ...
... affection . Miss Stanhope had been educated at home . She was amiable , affectionate , and lively ; and Barbara thought she now perceived that the reason why Ellen had so long refused to give to her the title of friend , was , because ...
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... affectionate pupil were not entirely thrown away . Barbara saw that it was possible to be happy in the country ; she like- wise perceived plainly , that Religion does not in itself render people gloomy , nor deprive them of any of the ...
... affectionate pupil were not entirely thrown away . Barbara saw that it was possible to be happy in the country ; she like- wise perceived plainly , that Religion does not in itself render people gloomy , nor deprive them of any of the ...
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abode accustomed acquaintance Adelaide admiration affection affectionate amusement Anderson answered anxious appeared Ashford attached attention Aulaire aunt Barbara beautiful beloved Caroline charmed cheerful child comfort companion considered cottage countenance curé daughter dear delighted Drake early Edward Edward Montague Egerton Ellen and Clara Elm-House endeavour England Evelyn father favourable favourite feelings fortune France future girl habit Hamilton handsome happy Harley Street heart honour hope Horton humble husband kind Lady Osbourne leave likewise living London looked Louisa Madame Maitland mama marriage married mind Miss Almeria Miss Cleveland Miss Harcourt Miss Mordaunt morning mother neighbourhood neighbours ness never observed opinion papa party passed person pleased possessed pray present promised received regret rendered resolved rience Rosine Scotland Sir William sister society soon sorrow spirits Stanhope Stoke Stoke Park thing Trelawny village wife wished Woodbridge young ladies youth
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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...