Letters to Young LadiesHarper, 1838 - 259 páginas |
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... inglorious ease . Incite her to those virtues which promote the permanence and health of nations . Make her accountable for the character of the next genera- tion . Give her solemn charge , in the presence OF FEMALE EDUCATION 15.
... inglorious ease . Incite her to those virtues which promote the permanence and health of nations . Make her accountable for the character of the next genera- tion . Give her solemn charge , in the presence OF FEMALE EDUCATION 15.
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... character . " It turn- eth as wax to the seal . " How often , ere we un- derstand the worth of this pliancy , does rigidity steal over the fibres of thought , and the buddings of character take a determinate form , and we are young no ...
... character . " It turn- eth as wax to the seal . " How often , ere we un- derstand the worth of this pliancy , does rigidity steal over the fibres of thought , and the buddings of character take a determinate form , and we are young no ...
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... character of sowing the seeds of most of the good and evil which exist in the world ? To a young lady , whose regular period of study ter- minates with the first fifteen or sixteen years of life , there " remaineth still , very much ...
... character of sowing the seeds of most of the good and evil which exist in the world ? To a young lady , whose regular period of study ter- minates with the first fifteen or sixteen years of life , there " remaineth still , very much ...
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... character . The books you read , the com- panions with whom you converse , the dispositions that you cherish , may prove as soft showers to the springing grass - or as mildews to the buds of virtue . Those whom you teach , will teach ...
... character . The books you read , the com- panions with whom you converse , the dispositions that you cherish , may prove as soft showers to the springing grass - or as mildews to the buds of virtue . Those whom you teach , will teach ...
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... character and duty , during the whole of life , is too precious to be trifled away . She who is careless in forming habits of application , or willing to curtail hours of study , fearfully defrauds herself . " If you have great talents ...
... character and duty , during the whole of life , is too precious to be trifled away . She who is careless in forming habits of application , or willing to curtail hours of study , fearfully defrauds herself . " If you have great talents ...
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Página 204 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Página 186 - When we see a fellow loud and talkative, full of insipid life and laughter, we may venture to pronounce him a female favourite.
Página 204 - Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the...
Página 78 - Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
Página 39 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Página 201 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Página 205 - Few men ever carried out so fully the injunction, not to let the left hand know what the right hand did, in the quiet and steady outflow of good will and good works, as Mr.
Página 207 - For the poor ye have always with you, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; but me ye have not always.