The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... offered to conduct the young ladies within ten miles of their destination : here they were to meet Mrs. Mordaunt , and an introduc- tion was to take place . The journey was de- lightful ; and at its end , Barbara found herself received ...
... offered to conduct the young ladies within ten miles of their destination : here they were to meet Mrs. Mordaunt , and an introduc- tion was to take place . The journey was de- lightful ; and at its end , Barbara found herself received ...
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... 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 , genteel but economical ; she will likewise be ...
... 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 , genteel but economical ; she will likewise be ...
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... , 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 .
... , 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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School. time offering to pay her a visit on their way from Devonshire to Scotland . A week had expired since this ... offered my services instead , and Mrs. Allen was glad enough to get off ; so , if you please , ma'am , as I suppose ...
School. time offering to pay her a visit on their way from Devonshire to Scotland . A week had expired since this ... offered my services instead , and Mrs. Allen was glad enough to get off ; so , if you please , ma'am , as I suppose ...
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... offered to become her instructor , -an office for which he was sufficiently qualified , had he not been of a disposition as lively as his pupil : as it was , the books intended for study were thrown at each other's heads ; for Clara ...
... offered to become her instructor , -an office for which he was sufficiently qualified , had he not been of a disposition as lively as his pupil : as it was , the books intended for study were thrown at each other's heads ; for Clara ...
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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...