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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... wonderful , he applied him- felf to the study of eloquence ; as of all others it feemed the leaft fuited to his abilities . In order to remove the stammering articulation of his words , he ufed to declaim on different fubjects with ...
... wonderful , he applied him- felf to the study of eloquence ; as of all others it feemed the leaft fuited to his abilities . In order to remove the stammering articulation of his words , he ufed to declaim on different fubjects with ...
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... wonderful river . It begins to rife at the latter end of May , and continues to do fo till Sep- tember or October , when there are channels cut to let it into the great canal which runs through Cairo , from whence it overflows the ...
... wonderful river . It begins to rife at the latter end of May , and continues to do fo till Sep- tember or October , when there are channels cut to let it into the great canal which runs through Cairo , from whence it overflows the ...
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... wonderful phenomena of nature . The volcano , called Mount Etna , is in the Island of Sicily , in the Mediterranean Sea , under the government of the King of Naples . The eruption of fire which burfts from it , is called the Lava ; the ...
... wonderful phenomena of nature . The volcano , called Mount Etna , is in the Island of Sicily , in the Mediterranean Sea , under the government of the King of Naples . The eruption of fire which burfts from it , is called the Lava ; the ...
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... wonderful things could not be effected or produced by any hu- man means . Lady Mary . What are the Pagans , my good Mentoria ? Mentoria . The Pagans are those people , whom you have perhaps heard or read of , by the name of Heathens ...
... wonderful things could not be effected or produced by any hu- man means . Lady Mary . What are the Pagans , my good Mentoria ? Mentoria . The Pagans are those people , whom you have perhaps heard or read of , by the name of Heathens ...
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... wonderful , he had not leifure for ferious reflection . For this caufe was Nathan sent unto him , as he only required a gentle admo- nition , to restore him to the paths of duty , from which he had ftrayed . I fhall now draw fome ...
... wonderful , he had not leifure for ferious reflection . For this caufe was Nathan sent unto him , as he only required a gentle admo- nition , to restore him to the paths of duty , from which he had ftrayed . I fhall now draw fome ...
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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.