The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... interest in her former pursuits ; she had always been the particular favourite of her father , and cherished his memory with romantic affection ; her mother observing her abstraction , and fear- ing for her health , resolved , at last ...
... interest in her former pursuits ; she had always been the particular favourite of her father , and cherished his memory with romantic affection ; her mother observing her abstraction , and fear- ing for her health , resolved , at last ...
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... interest her mother in her behalf . Ah ! thought she , how can I ever be thankful enough to Heaven for blessing me with such a parent ! When the holidays ar- rived , Ellen took leave of her companions with a joyful heart . She had ...
... interest her mother in her behalf . Ah ! thought she , how can I ever be thankful enough to Heaven for blessing me with such a parent ! When the holidays ar- rived , Ellen took leave of her companions with a joyful heart . She had ...
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... interest and affection of a true Christian are enlarged beyond that of others . She ad- mitted to her chamber her neighbours and ac- quaintances , whether she had liked them or not ; even the poor children she had been accustomed to ...
... interest and affection of a true Christian are enlarged beyond that of others . She ad- mitted to her chamber her neighbours and ac- quaintances , whether she had liked them or not ; even the poor children she had been accustomed to ...
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... interest to his existence . Only to see her accidentally pass the window , or in the hope of being employed on some trifling errand , he would loiter for hours near the house ; too diffident to attempt to enter it.- Under 41 ...
... interest to his existence . Only to see her accidentally pass the window , or in the hope of being employed on some trifling errand , he would loiter for hours near the house ; too diffident to attempt to enter it.- Under 41 ...
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... interest ; and they , painfully convinced the will of Providence must be obeyed , were enabled to attend in the awful chamber of death . 66 One unusually fine evening , Mrs. Mordaunt , who had been dozing the greater part of the day ...
... interest ; and they , painfully convinced the will of Providence must be obeyed , were enabled to attend in the awful chamber of death . 66 One unusually fine evening , Mrs. Mordaunt , who had been dozing the greater part of the day ...
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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...