The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... future . Your papa was not anxious you should be rich , or great , or handsome , but that you should become real christians ; and this , as you will discover when you are older , includes every grace and virtue . " " But , though Ellen ...
... future . Your papa was not anxious you should be rich , or great , or handsome , but that you should become real christians ; and this , as you will discover when you are older , includes every grace and virtue . " " But , though Ellen ...
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... future companions , for the chaise contained beside herself another young lady . Miss Smith now introduced them to each other , when Miss Harcourt , who had been astonished at the sorrow manifested by Ellen , kindly took her hand , and ...
... future companions , for the chaise contained beside herself another young lady . Miss Smith now introduced them to each other , when Miss Harcourt , who had been astonished at the sorrow manifested by Ellen , kindly took her hand , and ...
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... future to con- sider her own , and here she left her to arrange her dress , always an important concern to Barbara . Order , cheerfulness , and regularity reigned in this little abode , and to Miss Harcourt the scene was new . They rose ...
... future to con- sider her own , and here she left her to arrange her dress , always an important concern to Barbara . Order , cheerfulness , and regularity reigned in this little abode , and to Miss Harcourt the scene was new . They rose ...
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... Edward , distracted . It was , at last , arranged that Ellen should write to Mrs. Hamilton , explaining their present situation and future plans ; at the same time offering to pay her a visit on their way 48 THE SCHOOL FOR SISTERS .
... Edward , distracted . It was , at last , arranged that Ellen should write to Mrs. Hamilton , explaining their present situation and future plans ; at the same time offering to pay her a visit on their way 48 THE SCHOOL FOR SISTERS .
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... of the church - yard , seemed to lament in unison with their feelings . How , blank and joy- less seemed the future ! - how little every thing D 2 THE SCHOOL FOR SISTERS . 51 swered Ellen; "his love would make me laugh...
... of the church - yard , seemed to lament in unison with their feelings . How , blank and joy- less seemed the future ! - how little every thing D 2 THE SCHOOL FOR SISTERS . 51 swered Ellen; "his love would make me laugh...
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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...