Mentoria, Or, The Young Ladies Instructor: In Familiar Conversations on Moral and Entertaining Subjects : Calculated to Improve Young Minds, in the Essential, as Well as Ornamental, Parts of Female EducationJ. Fry and Company, 1778 - 207 Seiten |
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... thing of more importance , and what is more extra- ordinary , lefs attended to , than habitual Induf- try . So clearly am I convinced of the advan- tages which arife from the practice of this vir tue , that in the profecution of my ...
... thing of more importance , and what is more extra- ordinary , lefs attended to , than habitual Induf- try . So clearly am I convinced of the advan- tages which arife from the practice of this vir tue , that in the profecution of my ...
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... thing as it really is ; neither to varnish a bad action with the weak excufe that it is a general practice , and , as fuch , ought to be confidered lefs atrocious : neither fhould our zeal in any cause , ever in- duce us to temporize ...
... thing as it really is ; neither to varnish a bad action with the weak excufe that it is a general practice , and , as fuch , ought to be confidered lefs atrocious : neither fhould our zeal in any cause , ever in- duce us to temporize ...
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... things as jokes , which have no foun- dation in truth ; and alfo a fuppofition , that a falfity can be innocent , if it does not prejudice another . Those who indulge themselves in this practice , foon exceed the bounds which even their ...
... things as jokes , which have no foun- dation in truth ; and alfo a fuppofition , that a falfity can be innocent , if it does not prejudice another . Those who indulge themselves in this practice , foon exceed the bounds which even their ...
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... things , always to fubftitute the word which for whom . Examples . To whom do you speak ? Or who told you fo ? Are those things yours ? Which of these apples do you choofe ? " Lady Louifa . I clearly comprehend these examples ; but wish ...
... things , always to fubftitute the word which for whom . Examples . To whom do you speak ? Or who told you fo ? Are those things yours ? Which of these apples do you choofe ? " Lady Louifa . I clearly comprehend these examples ; but wish ...
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... thing . Whenever fhe talks of a perfon in a weak flate , who is obliged to be dieted , she fays , he is reduced to a regiment , instead of regimen . If the intends to defcribe the ufual methods , which are taken to bring an offender to ...
... thing . Whenever fhe talks of a perfon in a weak flate , who is obliged to be dieted , she fays , he is reduced to a regiment , instead of regimen . If the intends to defcribe the ufual methods , which are taken to bring an offender to ...
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againſt alfo alſo Amulius attention becauſe beſt bleffings called caufe cauſe circumftance confequence confifts converfation courfe courſe darkneſs dear Lady Louifa dear Lady Mary dear Madam dear Mentoria defire deſerve duty earth endeavour Epicene exprefs faid fame fcience feem fenfe fentiments fervice feven fhall fhould fide fignifies fincerity firft fituation fome foon friends frigid zone ftate fubject fuch fuppofe greateſt hiftory hope houſe Induſtry inftance inftructions Lady Lady Louifa leaft leffon lefs Lord George Lycurgus Mark Antony means ment mind moft moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffary never notwithſtanding Numitor obfervations Parable perfons perform pleaſed pleaſure poffefs poffible praiſe Pray prefent produce puniſhment purpoſe purſue purſuits reafon requeſt reſpect Romulus ROMULUS and REMUS Ruffia ſenſe ſhall Spartan ſpeak ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion toria ufually underſtand uſeful virtue whilft whofe wiſh word yourſelf zone
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Seite 133 - ... of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him ; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come unto him.
Seite 90 - Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.
Seite 204 - Let your light fo fhine before men, that they may fee your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Seite 63 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Seite 132 - And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe...
Seite 178 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Seite 124 - ... the ftranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day: wherefore the Lord bleffed the feventh day, and hallowed it.
Seite 64 - Heavens ! what a goodly profpeft fpreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and fpires,, And glittering towns, and gilded dreams, till all The ftretching landfcape into fmoke decays!
Seite 65 - What if lhe foot, ordain'd the duft to tread, Or hand, to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? What if the head, the eye. or ear, repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling mind? Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be another, in this gen'ral frame: Juft as abfurd, to mourn the tafks or pains, The great directing MIND OF ALL Ordains.
Seite 120 - Saint of England, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. David of Wales, St.