Letters on Female Character Addressed to a Young Lady on the Death of Her Mother, Temas833-838A. Works, 1828 - 199 páginas |
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... entirely with that disqualifying era , that the mind may give its undivided energies to the cause of virtue . If the fe- male who peruses this page is a devotee of fashion- a votary of pleasure , -I would here solemnly inquire vii.
... entirely with that disqualifying era , that the mind may give its undivided energies to the cause of virtue . If the fe- male who peruses this page is a devotee of fashion- a votary of pleasure , -I would here solemnly inquire vii.
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... give stability and grace to their un ostentatious actions . Besides , the trials of domestic life are sometimes keen and frequent , so that irreligious women have no support but their own precarious strength of character to uphold them ...
... give stability and grace to their un ostentatious actions . Besides , the trials of domestic life are sometimes keen and frequent , so that irreligious women have no support but their own precarious strength of character to uphold them ...
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... gives the appearance of fresh- ness , as it twines its flexible branches around the withered stem . There is life ... give the female character a degree of inflation , which passes with superficial peo- ple for solidity . At a casual ...
... gives the appearance of fresh- ness , as it twines its flexible branches around the withered stem . There is life ... give the female character a degree of inflation , which passes with superficial peo- ple for solidity . At a casual ...
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... give the glory to him , for whose sake she has braved the pub- lic eye . How different is this character from many that we could draw from real life . Felicia , for instance , was born of wealthy parents , who gave her a gaudy and ...
... give the glory to him , for whose sake she has braved the pub- lic eye . How different is this character from many that we could draw from real life . Felicia , for instance , was born of wealthy parents , who gave her a gaudy and ...
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... give both children and servants a higher motive of action than mere subser- vience to our will . When this duty is involved in a more exalted one , there is a greater prospect of its being duly performed . I have never seen slaves look ...
... give both children and servants a higher motive of action than mere subser- vience to our will . When this duty is involved in a more exalted one , there is a greater prospect of its being duly performed . I have never seen slaves look ...
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Página 6 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 5 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Página 77 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace...
Página 77 - But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Página 86 - But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you ? Dare you believe this promise or not ? I DARE : and will act accordingly, by God's assistance.
Página 77 - For wherever there is envying and strife, there is also confusion, and every evil work. But the wisdom which is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good works, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Página 58 - This is the case of all, who draw near to God with their lips, while their hearts are far from him.
Página 186 - His tidings of peace — turned away from my high calling, and loved this one woman with all my heart and with all my strength and with all my soul and with all my mind : loved her as I ought to have loved my God.
Página 14 - I will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on me...
Página 155 - I feel very hungry," replied the optician, putting in his plate to receive two large slices; and father and son sat down to a hearty meal, proving the truth of the wise man's observation, that, "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than the stalled ox and hatred therewith.