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... and a faithful mother to her children , she must be virtuous , industrious , and economical : studiously careful to live within the limits of their income , and by her neatness and cheerful deportment , always to make their 13.
... and a faithful mother to her children , she must be virtuous , industrious , and economical : studiously careful to live within the limits of their income , and by her neatness and cheerful deportment , always to make their 13.
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Abigail Mott. her neatness and cheerful deportment , always to make their home agreeable . And nothing but want of health should prevent her , ( in whatever station she is placed , ) from a gen- eral oversight of her domestic concerns ...
Abigail Mott. her neatness and cheerful deportment , always to make their home agreeable . And nothing but want of health should prevent her , ( in whatever station she is placed , ) from a gen- eral oversight of her domestic concerns ...
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... cheerful , and had the full use of her excellent understanding . She told me that when young , she frequently excused herself from going to public places , and private parties , that she might obtain an opportunity for reading . And the ...
... cheerful , and had the full use of her excellent understanding . She told me that when young , she frequently excused herself from going to public places , and private parties , that she might obtain an opportunity for reading . And the ...
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... cheerful- ness , fortitude , and resignation the privations many years , attendant on close confine- ment , accompanied with great bodily pain and infirmity , but qualified her for govern- ing her family with dignity , and educating her ...
... cheerful- ness , fortitude , and resignation the privations many years , attendant on close confine- ment , accompanied with great bodily pain and infirmity , but qualified her for govern- ing her family with dignity , and educating her ...
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... tates of his own heart . Unsullied by the temptations of a capital , he was plunged into the temptations of a camp . Fond of society , where his cheerful temper and easy manners formed him to shine ; but still fond of 26.
... tates of his own heart . Unsullied by the temptations of a capital , he was plunged into the temptations of a camp . Fond of society , where his cheerful temper and easy manners formed him to shine ; but still fond of 26.
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Page 12 - WHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 12 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Page 14 - And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab : for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Page 13 - But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Page 27 - If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
Page 37 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Page 38 - ... for his servants. The place where I sat, and the sweetness that attended my mind, remain fresh in my memory. This, and the like gracious visitations, had...
Page 47 - Let your moderation be known to all men : the Lord is at hand.
Page 78 - Being but badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under the necessity of copying such as they can get the loan of, which sufficiently accounts for the fact, that most of them write a hand equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing-masters in other parts of Europe.
Page 14 - And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.