The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... letters of her mother caused her much pleasure yet , time seemed long , and Ellen welcomed the shortening days and increasing cold as bringing nearer Christmas . As the vacation approached , the joy of the girls began to be very ...
... letters of her mother caused her much pleasure yet , time seemed long , and Ellen welcomed the shortening days and increasing cold as bringing nearer Christmas . As the vacation approached , the joy of the girls began to be very ...
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... letter from the eldest sister of your father , offering in the kindest terms to receive and cherish you as her own children . She is a single lady , residing by herself in Scotland , in a style of life suitable to your small fortunes ...
... letter from the eldest sister of your father , offering in the kindest terms to receive and cherish you as her own children . She is a single lady , residing by herself in Scotland , in a style of life suitable to your small fortunes ...
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... the circumstance began to be forgotten , when Ellen received the following letter from a lady , with whom her mother had occasionally corresponded , and whose notice Mrs. Mor- daunt had considered THE SCHOOL FOR SISTERS . 47.
... the circumstance began to be forgotten , when Ellen received the following letter from a lady , with whom her mother had occasionally corresponded , and whose notice Mrs. Mor- daunt had considered THE SCHOOL FOR SISTERS . 47.
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... letter had been dispatched , and the family were preparing for evening prayers , when , late one night , Ellen was told a lady from London wished to see them : the Doctor desired she should be admitted , when a little fat bustling woman ...
... letter had been dispatched , and the family were preparing for evening prayers , when , late one night , Ellen was told a lady from London wished to see them : the Doctor desired she should be admitted , when a little fat bustling woman ...
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... letter , containing the offer of Ed- ward's hand , and heart , and fortune , couched in the most persuasive terms ; and only entreating to be allowed to endeavour to gain her love . " This avowal , " said he , " is sent to you , against ...
... letter , containing the offer of Ed- ward's hand , and heart , and fortune , couched in the most persuasive terms ; and only entreating to be allowed to endeavour to gain her love . " This avowal , " said he , " is sent to you , against ...
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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...