Letters to Young LadiesHarper, 1837 - 259 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 15
... feel that in the recesses of do- mestick privacy , she still renders a noble service to the government that protects her , by sowing seeds of purity and peace in the hearts of those , who shall hereafter claim its honours , or control ...
... feel that in the recesses of do- mestick privacy , she still renders a noble service to the government that protects her , by sowing seeds of purity and peace in the hearts of those , who shall hereafter claim its honours , or control ...
الصفحة 25
... feeling and sentiment , the authors with whom we are conversant , and the reflections of a mind in search of knowledge and truth , will always fur- nish something worthy of memorial , so that " no day need be without its line . " If the ...
... feeling and sentiment , the authors with whom we are conversant , and the reflections of a mind in search of knowledge and truth , will always fur- nish something worthy of memorial , so that " no day need be without its line . " If the ...
الصفحة 37
... feel for what end we are born into this world , till we are just on the point of quitting it . " • If there were a book , that astonished both by its wisdom and its antiquity — that delighted alike by history , oratory and poetry - in ...
... feel for what end we are born into this world , till we are just on the point of quitting it . " • If there were a book , that astonished both by its wisdom and its antiquity — that delighted alike by history , oratory and poetry - in ...
الصفحة 40
... feel that we are beings of a two- fold nature that our journey to the tomb is short , and the existence beyond it immortal . Is there any attainment that we may reserve , when we lay down the body ? We know , that of the gold which ...
... feel that we are beings of a two- fold nature that our journey to the tomb is short , and the existence beyond it immortal . Is there any attainment that we may reserve , when we lay down the body ? We know , that of the gold which ...
الصفحة 43
... Feel it , therefore , my dear young friends , to be your duty to be religious . If you acknowledge the sacred obligation to " obey your parents , " do you not owe equal obedience to that Father in heaven , whose command is , " give me ...
... Feel it , therefore , my dear young friends , to be your duty to be religious . If you acknowledge the sacred obligation to " obey your parents , " do you not owe equal obedience to that Father in heaven , whose command is , " give me ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 40 - ... eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived.
الصفحة 186 - When we see a fellow loud and talkative, full of insipid life and laughter, we may venture to pronounce him a female favourite.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 207 - For the poor ye have always with you, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; but me ye have not always.