Letters to a Young Lady: In which the Duties and Character of Women are Considered, Chiefly with a Reference to Prevailing Opinions, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 466 páginas |
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... human race , could impose : and this remark was exemplified by shewing , that any violation of this prescribed decorum ex- posed the offender to a degree of oppro- brium by no means commensurate with the offence . To the remark , that ...
... human race , could impose : and this remark was exemplified by shewing , that any violation of this prescribed decorum ex- posed the offender to a degree of oppro- brium by no means commensurate with the offence . To the remark , that ...
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... human race sees it expedient to perfect his creatures by sufferings , even as a child in a well - regulated family is trained to virtue and knowledge by a system of discipline and restraint , of which it does not then discern the ...
... human race sees it expedient to perfect his creatures by sufferings , even as a child in a well - regulated family is trained to virtue and knowledge by a system of discipline and restraint , of which it does not then discern the ...
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... human laws , which even the grossest depravity cannot jus- tify , nor the most subtle sophistry pal- liate ; may we not , in the licensed freedom of modern manners , trace ma- ny deviations from rectitude and deli- cacy ? To what ...
... human laws , which even the grossest depravity cannot jus- tify , nor the most subtle sophistry pal- liate ; may we not , in the licensed freedom of modern manners , trace ma- ny deviations from rectitude and deli- cacy ? To what ...
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... on the false doctrine of human perfectibility , and consequently reject the necessity of di- vine revelation and supernatural agency . Many VOL . I. C J Many elementary works on the sciences come under this description 15.
... on the false doctrine of human perfectibility , and consequently reject the necessity of di- vine revelation and supernatural agency . Many VOL . I. C J Many elementary works on the sciences come under this description 15.
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... human mind- would at once start forth in a rapid pursuit of that perfection which it is fully able to attain . She will hear much praise bestowed on generosity , greatness of soul , liberality , benevo- lence , and this cast of virtues ...
... human mind- would at once start forth in a rapid pursuit of that perfection which it is fully able to attain . She will hear much praise bestowed on generosity , greatness of soul , liberality , benevo- lence , and this cast of virtues ...
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Letters to a Young Lady: In which the Duties and Character of ..., Volumen1 Jane West Vista completa - 1806 |
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Página 206 - The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground ; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Página 154 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!
Página 89 - Next for poor suffering guilt ; and, last of all, For parents, friends, a king and country's fall. Mark her fair votaries, prodigal of grief, . With cureless pangs, and woes that mock relief, Droop in soft sorrow o'er a faded flower ; O'er a dead jack-ass...
Página 322 - Whatsoever ye would that others should do to you, do ye even so to them.
Página i - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Página 445 - The true, lively, and justifying faith, and the spirit of GOD justifying, is not extinguished, doth not utterly fail, doth not vanish away in the elect, either finally or totally.
Página 458 - It may be answered, that in these realms she is the constituted guardian of the national religion, and is therefore legally empowered to execute the divine command of " contending earnestly for " the faith once delivered to the
Página 251 - Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Página 176 - , is manifestly inconsistent with "itself; and, in my opinion, the three posses" sives are all wrong : ' The kitchen too now "'begins to give dreadful note of preparation; " ' not from armorers accomplishing the knights, " 'but from the shopmaid's chopping force-meat, "'the apprentice's cleaning knives, and the " 'journeyman's receiving a practical lesson in "'the art of waiting at table.
Página 446 - No man is able to come to Christ, unless it be given him, and unless the Father draw him: and all men are not drawn by the Father, that they may come to his Son. 9. It is not in the will or power of every man to be saved.