The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 30
Página 2
... morning of life is the season , under the divine blessing , during which it can be best inculcated . She had laboured to adorn the doctrines she professed , by correcting her own temper , habits , and conversation , and had stored her ...
... morning of life is the season , under the divine blessing , during which it can be best inculcated . She had laboured to adorn the doctrines she professed , by correcting her own temper , habits , and conversation , and had stored her ...
Página 5
... morning she rose early , anxious to take a last view of objects so deservedly dear . In the garden she was joined by Clara , who , persuaded by the bustle and importance attached to this her sister's first absence from home , that going ...
... morning she rose early , anxious to take a last view of objects so deservedly dear . In the garden she was joined by Clara , who , persuaded by the bustle and importance attached to this her sister's first absence from home , that going ...
Página 8
... morning she was startled from dis- turbed slumber by the ringing of the great bell at six o'clock . Ellen woke with a painful sense of oppression of spirits , without knowing for some moments what was its cause , or where she was . The ...
... morning she was startled from dis- turbed slumber by the ringing of the great bell at six o'clock . Ellen woke with a painful sense of oppression of spirits , without knowing for some moments what was its cause , or where she was . The ...
Página 25
... morning , called forth continued exclamations of delight from the Miss Mordaunts . Even the insects that winged their flight through the air , or crept under their feet , and the flowers that grew in wild profusion around them ...
... morning , called forth continued exclamations of delight from the Miss Mordaunts . Even the insects that winged their flight through the air , or crept under their feet , and the flowers that grew in wild profusion around them ...
Página 36
... Morning discovered still more plainly the sad state of Mrs. Mordaunt ; and Ellen thought the time would never arrive when they might expect the doctor's visit . When , at last , he came , little consolation could be gleaned from his ...
... Morning discovered still more plainly the sad state of Mrs. Mordaunt ; and Ellen thought the time would never arrive when they might expect the doctor's visit . When , at last , he came , little consolation could be gleaned from his ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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...