Holiday House: A Series of TalesRobert Carter, 1839 - 252 páginas |
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Página iii
... minds of young people are now manufac- tured like webs of linen , all alike , and nothing left to nature . From the hour when children can speak , till they come to years of discretion or of indiscretion , they are carefully prompted ...
... minds of young people are now manufac- tured like webs of linen , all alike , and nothing left to nature . From the hour when children can speak , till they come to years of discretion or of indiscretion , they are carefully prompted ...
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... mind of youth seems in danger of becoming a machine ; and while every effort is used to stuff the memory , like a cricket - ball , with well - known facts and ready - made opinions , no room is left for the vigour of natural feeling ...
... mind of youth seems in danger of becoming a machine ; and while every effort is used to stuff the memory , like a cricket - ball , with well - known facts and ready - made opinions , no room is left for the vigour of natural feeling ...
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... minds not yet expanded to maturity , a great deal of learning is more dangerous still , and that in those school - rooms where there has been a society for the suppression of amusement , the mental energies have suffered , as well as ...
... minds not yet expanded to maturity , a great deal of learning is more dangerous still , and that in those school - rooms where there has been a society for the suppression of amusement , the mental energies have suffered , as well as ...
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... mind more easy about their future education , and future happiness . Sir Edward felt such extreme grief on the death of Lady Graham , that instead of being able to remain at home with his young family , and to interest his mind as he ...
... mind more easy about their future education , and future happiness . Sir Edward felt such extreme grief on the death of Lady Graham , that instead of being able to remain at home with his young family , and to interest his mind as he ...
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... mind . They seemed always to hope , somehow or other , when Mrs. Crabtree once turned her back , she would never shew her face again ; so their promises of better conduct were all " wind without rain , " very loud and plenty of them ...
... mind . They seemed always to hope , somehow or other , when Mrs. Crabtree once turned her back , she would never shew her face again ; so their promises of better conduct were all " wind without rain , " very loud and plenty of them ...
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added Frank afterwards amused angry Arthur's Seat asked astonishment became better burst cake Captain Digby Crabtree cried Harry Darwin dear delight dinner door Edward Ashford exclaimed eyes face fairy feel fire Frank friends fright frock garden grandmama grappled hold hand happy Harry and Laura Harry Graham Harry's Harwood head hear heard Holiday House hope horse hour hurried Lady Harriet Lady Rockville laughing Laura felt live long ladder look Lord Rockville Major Graham Master Harry Master No-book ment mind minutes Miss Laura Miss Perceval morning never night nursery observed once perfectly Peter Grey pocket poor prodigious punished round scarcely scolded seemed shilling sitting sixpence soon sorry speak stairs suddenly sure tawse tears tell thing thought told turned uncle David voice walk window wish wonder young
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Página 74 - I have no pleasure in them; while the sun or the light or the moon or the stars be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Página 229 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Página 172 - Paul's ministry, shall be his hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing "in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming
Página 101 - And unrepress'd by sadness — Which brings me to my childhood back, As if I trod its very track, And felt its very gladness.
Página 207 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Página vii - ... is better than none ; as the writing of a book, the building of a house, the laying out of a garden, the digging of a fish-pond, — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip.
Página 189 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 230 - Why inconsolable, as those To whom no hope is given ? Death is the messenger of peace, And calls the soul to heaven.
Página 248 - I laughed, and danced, and talked, and sung : And, proud of health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain ; Concluding, in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. But when the hour of trial came, When sickness shook this trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could sing and dance no more, It then occurred, how sad 'twould be, Were this world only made for me.
Página 18 - Health to wear it, Strength to tear it, And money to buy another." "There is no hope for the last two things, you know, " said the young girl; "for I am sure that the flag that braved a thousand years was not half so strong as your brocade; and as to buying another, there are none to be bought in these degenerate days." The old lady's reply was probably very gracious...