How would it enlarge their minds, if they could acquire a sufficient knowledge of mathematics and astronomy to give them an idea of the beauty and wonders of the creation ! I am persuaded that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only... Travels in Russia: &c, &c - Página 231por William Rae Wilson - 1828Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 608 páginas
...idea of the beauty and wonders of the creation ! I am persuaded that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only adore God because they...go to church ; but I would have my girls gain such knowledge of the works of the creation, that they may have a fixed idea of the nature of that Being... | |
| 1828 - 598 páginas
...idea of the beauty and wonders of the creation ! I am persuaded that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only adore God because they...go to church ; but I would have my girls gain such knowledge of the works of the creation, that they may have a fixed idea of the nature of that Being... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 626 páginas
...idea of the beauty and wonders of the creation ! I am persuaded that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only adore God because they...go to church ; but I would have my girls gain such knowledge of the works of the creation, that they may have a fixed idea of the nature of that Being... | |
| 1828 - 438 páginas
...idea of the beauty and wonders of the creation ! I am persuaded that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only adore God because they...go to church ; but I would have my girls gain such knowledge of the works of the creation, that they may have a fixed idea of the nature of that Being... | |
| 1828 - 448 páginas
...idea of the beauty and wonders of the creation ! I am persuaded that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only adore God because they...is proper and the fashion to go to church ; but I " Tell me how do the trees which I planted thrive ? Is there shade under the three oaks for a comfortable... | |
| Selected letters - 1842 - 318 páginas
...an idea of the beauty and wonders of the creation II am persuaded that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only adore God because they...go to church ; but' I would have my girls gain such knowledge of the works of the creation, that they may have a fixed idea of the nature of that Being... | |
| Thomas Fisher - 1854 - 156 páginas
...them an idea of the beauty and wonders of creation ! I am persuaded that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only adore God because they...go to church ; but I would have my girls gain such knowledge of the works of the Creation, that they may have a fixed idea of the nature of that Being... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 652 páginas
...that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only adore God because they are told that it is proper, and the fashion to go to church ; but...have my girls gain such a knowledge of the works of the creation, that they may have a fixed idea of the nature of that Being who could be the author of... | |
| Charles Knight - 1868 - 506 páginas
...idea of the beauty and wonders of the creation ! I am persuaded that the generality of people, and particularly fine ladies, only adore God because they...go to church ; but I would have my girls gain such knowledge of the works of the creation, that they may have a fixed idea of the nature of that Being... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 páginas
...and wonders of the creation ! I am persuaded that the generality of people, and, particularly, line ladies, only adore God because they are told it is...go to church ; but I would have my girls gain such knowledge of the works of the creation, that they may have a llxed idea of the nature of that Being... | |
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