The School for Sisters, Or, The Lesson of ExperienceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 246 páginas |
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... 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 , on sending her to school at a distance , in order that ...
... 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 , on sending her to school at a distance , in order that ...
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... particular friendship for any one of your schoolfellows , till you have observed how she behaves to others , as well as yourself , —whether she is tolerably attentive to her studies , -whether she attends to truth ; and remember that if ...
... particular friendship for any one of your schoolfellows , till you have observed how she behaves to others , as well as yourself , —whether she is tolerably attentive to her studies , -whether she attends to truth ; and remember that if ...
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... particular account of Miss Harcourt , for whose unvarying kindness Ellen felt truly grateful . Mrs. Mordaunt agreed with her daughter in thinking she was much to be pitied ; and as her faults were not of a nature to be injurious to the ...
... particular account of Miss Harcourt , for whose unvarying kindness Ellen felt truly grateful . Mrs. Mordaunt agreed with her daughter in thinking she was much to be pitied ; and as her faults were not of a nature to be injurious to the ...
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... particular . She was , therefore , charmed at the thought of going to Ashford , and observed , it would be an excellent opportunity when her papa paid her his usual visit , to introduce her friend , and 20 THE SCHOOL FOR SISTERS .
... particular . She was , therefore , charmed at the thought of going to Ashford , and observed , it would be an excellent opportunity when her papa paid her his usual visit , to introduce her friend , and 20 THE SCHOOL FOR SISTERS .
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... particular sermon to judge in what respect his doctrine differed from the church he had left . His congregation appeared chiefly to consist of tradesmen retired from business , or those doing well in the world . Ellen was as- tonished ...
... particular sermon to judge in what respect his doctrine differed from the church he had left . His congregation appeared chiefly to consist of tradesmen retired from business , or those doing well in the world . Ellen was as- tonished ...
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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...