The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... hope , my dear , " said her father , " you will be more constant to this paragon than to her predecessors . " was Ellen , who had no friends at delighted with the prospect of this little amuse- ment , and her pleasing manners gained ...
... hope , my dear , " said her father , " you will be more constant to this paragon than to her predecessors . " was Ellen , who had no friends at delighted with the prospect of this little amuse- ment , and her pleasing manners gained ...
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... hope to see you become wiser as you grow older ; and let me just remind you , that there are few men in the world less likely to allow of these whims than your father , on whom you entirely depend . " " My papa does , however , approve ...
... hope to see you become wiser as you grow older ; and let me just remind you , that there are few men in the world less likely to allow of these whims than your father , on whom you entirely depend . " " My papa does , however , approve ...
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... hope I shall be religious some time or other . " " " Endeavour to make that time the present , " added her kind friend ; " it is all , of which you can be certain your mother , apparently strong and hearty as yourself , died young : who ...
... hope I shall be religious some time or other . " " " Endeavour to make that time the present , " added her kind friend ; " it is all , of which you can be certain your mother , apparently strong and hearty as yourself , died young : who ...
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... hope , " and I trust , now you are come home , we shall soon nurse her well again , though she always shakes her head when I say so . " " We must hope and pray it may be so , " returned her sister ; " and now that I think I can support ...
... hope , " and I trust , now you are come home , we shall soon nurse her well again , though she always shakes her head when I say so . " " We must hope and pray it may be so , " returned her sister ; " and now that I think I can support ...
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School. and the glow on her cheek , flattered herself with the hope of her mother's eventual recovery . She passed , however , in alternate prayers and weeping nearly the whole of this first night of her long - wished - for return home ...
School. and the glow on her cheek , flattered herself with the hope of her mother's eventual recovery . She passed , however , in alternate prayers and weeping nearly the whole of this first night of her long - wished - for return home ...
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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...