The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... comfort , left as you now will be in some degree to yourself , and ex- posed for the first time to the society of bold and wicked girls , who will probably endeavour by persuasion and ridicule to make you as bad as themselves ; never ...
... comfort , left as you now will be in some degree to yourself , and ex- posed for the first time to the society of bold and wicked girls , who will probably endeavour by persuasion and ridicule to make you as bad as themselves ; never ...
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... comfort among the vil- lagers . This striking difference arises from early habit ; for Mrs. Gordon has not better health , or any other worldly advantage , over her husband . " " How quickly these holidays have passed ! " said Clara ...
... comfort among the vil- lagers . This striking difference arises from early habit ; for Mrs. Gordon has not better health , or any other worldly advantage , over her husband . " " How quickly these holidays have passed ! " said Clara ...
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... comfort to the inmates of the cottage . In Dr. Stanhope , Mrs. Mordaunt found a Chris- tian pastor , who assisted , as far as man could do , to guide her soul through the valley of the shadow of death , while his wife administered to ...
... comfort to the inmates of the cottage . In Dr. Stanhope , Mrs. Mordaunt found a Chris- tian pastor , who assisted , as far as man could do , to guide her soul through the valley of the shadow of death , while his wife administered to ...
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... comfort : and as she is much respected by her family , you may , if you gain her approbation , obtain like- wise their notice ; of which I have been grieved to deprive you , because I think , with some great author , that relations ...
... comfort : and as she is much respected by her family , you may , if you gain her approbation , obtain like- wise their notice ; of which I have been grieved to deprive you , because I think , with some great author , that relations ...
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... comfort of her existence ; and she loved her as well as a selfish spoilt child can love any one but herself . Meantime , the apparent devotion of Mr. Williams to Ellen vanished into thin air ; too indolent and indifferent to wish to ...
... comfort of her existence ; and she loved her as well as a selfish spoilt child can love any one but herself . Meantime , the apparent devotion of Mr. Williams to Ellen vanished into thin air ; too indolent and indifferent to wish to ...
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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...