Letters on the improvement of the mind, by mrs. Chapone. A father's legacy to his daughter, by dr. Gregory. A mother's advice to her absent daughters, by lady Pennington1821 |
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Pàgina 9
... particularly offered . They only , who know how your hours are em- ployed , and of what important value they are to the good and happiness of individuals , as well as to the delight and improvement of the public , can justly estimate.
... particularly offered . They only , who know how your hours are em- ployed , and of what important value they are to the good and happiness of individuals , as well as to the delight and improvement of the public , can justly estimate.
Pàgina 11
... happiness to number many distinguished characters . Her predilection for rural scenes , and her love of tranquil pleasures , led her continually into the country , whenever opportunity offered for the gratification of her wishes ...
... happiness to number many distinguished characters . Her predilection for rural scenes , and her love of tranquil pleasures , led her continually into the country , whenever opportunity offered for the gratification of her wishes ...
Pàgina 11
... happiness ; -if these things appear worthy your ambition , you must set out in earnest in the pursuit of them . Virtue and happiness are not attained by chance , nor by a cold and languid approbation ; they must be sought with ardour ...
... happiness ; -if these things appear worthy your ambition , you must set out in earnest in the pursuit of them . Virtue and happiness are not attained by chance , nor by a cold and languid approbation ; they must be sought with ardour ...
Pàgina 11
... happiness : for it is a truth never to be forgotten , that God has annexed happiness to virtue , and misery to vice , by the un- changeable nature of things ; and that a wicked being , while he continues such , is in a natural in ...
... happiness : for it is a truth never to be forgotten , that God has annexed happiness to virtue , and misery to vice , by the un- changeable nature of things ; and that a wicked being , while he continues such , is in a natural in ...
Pàgina 11
... happiness ! -who condescends to style himself our Father ! and who pitieth us , as a father pitieth his own children ! - Can those who expect to please God by cruelty to themselves , or to their fellow - creatures , —by horrid ...
... happiness ! -who condescends to style himself our Father ! and who pitieth us , as a father pitieth his own children ! - Can those who expect to please God by cruelty to themselves , or to their fellow - creatures , —by horrid ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 34 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Pàgina 82 - which has the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come.
Pàgina 61 - Whoso discovereth secrets, loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind. Love thy friend, and be faithful unto him; but if thou betrayest his secrets, follow no more after him: for as a man hath destroyed his enemy, so hast thou lost the love of thy friend; as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy friend go...
Pàgina 161 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Pàgina 144 - Was taught to modulate the artful strain, 1 fain would sing :—but ah! I strive in vain. Sighs from a breaking heart my voice confound, With trembling step, to join yon weeping train, I haste, where gleams funereal glare around, And mix'd with shrieks of woe, the knells of death resound. Adieu, ye lays, that Fancy's flowers adorn, The soft amusement of the vacant mind!
Pàgina 58 - Sweet language will multiply friends ; and a fair speaking tongue will increase kind greetings. Be in peace with many, nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand'.
Pàgina 156 - Be even cautious in displaying your good sense. It will be thought you assume a superiority over the rest of the company.— But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated understanding.
Pàgina 83 - Economy is so important a part of a woman's character, so necessary to her own happiness, and so essential to her performing properly the duties of a wife and of a mother, that it ought to have the precedence of all other accomplishments, and take its rank next to the first duties of life.
Pàgina 58 - A faithful friend is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find him. Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright; for as he is, so shall his neighbour (that is, his friend) be also.
Pàgina 25 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.