Letters to Young LadiesHarper, 1838 - 259 páginas |
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... daily system , and so humble in the estimation of his native endowments , that to the inquiry how his wonderful attainments in every branch of know- ledge had been made , he was accustomed to reply , only by industry and regular ...
... daily system , and so humble in the estimation of his native endowments , that to the inquiry how his wonderful attainments in every branch of know- ledge had been made , he was accustomed to reply , only by industry and regular ...
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... daily duty regards our fellow - beings . To be engrossed wholly by our own pursuits , creates selfishness . It is possible for the intellect to be cultivated at the expense of the heart . Therefore our obligations to those with whom we ...
... daily duty regards our fellow - beings . To be engrossed wholly by our own pursuits , creates selfishness . It is possible for the intellect to be cultivated at the expense of the heart . Therefore our obligations to those with whom we ...
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... daily observed , as its interest declines with any irregu- larity . Like a true friend , it cannot bear neglect unmoved . Those who have tested its utility for years , have pronounced it a valuable assistant in fixing the eye of the ...
... daily observed , as its interest declines with any irregu- larity . Like a true friend , it cannot bear neglect unmoved . Those who have tested its utility for years , have pronounced it a valuable assistant in fixing the eye of the ...
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... daily study when all others were dismissed - how anxious should we be to obtain it , how impatient to be made acquainted with its contents . And there is such a book . And for want of the knowledge of it , how many regions of the earth ...
... daily study when all others were dismissed - how anxious should we be to obtain it , how impatient to be made acquainted with its contents . And there is such a book . And for want of the knowledge of it , how many regions of the earth ...
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... daily and hourly wrought out , amid all the mutations of time . Viewing it only with reference to the present life , we perceive its requirements to be privileges . The day that it hallows - the volume that it gives as our rule of ...
... daily and hourly wrought out , amid all the mutations of time . Viewing it only with reference to the present life , we perceive its requirements to be privileges . The day that it hallows - the volume that it gives as our rule of ...
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accomplishments affections amid attainment beauty benevolence blessed Boccacio brothers character charity Charles Anthon Charles Joseph Latrobe Charles Webb cheerfulness classick comfort conversation Cotton Mather danger daughters dear young friends delight desirable dignity domestick dress duties elegant Elizabeth Carter Engravings Epictetus Eternity evil excellent exercise fashion feel female education friendship gather give grace gratitude Greece habit happiness hath heart heaven History honour household important improvement industry influence instruction intel intellectual intercourse knowledge labour learned Lord Bacon Madam de Genlis memory ment mind mother musick nature ness never perseverance Petrarch piety pleasure Plutarch poor Portrait possess principle privilege pursuits render sacred says season sometimes soul sphere spirit sweet tain talents taste teach teachers things Thomas à Kempis thou thought tion trifles vanity virtue vols wisdom woman young lady youth
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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.