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... example and precept , the comfort and enjoyment derived from virtuous and cir- cumspect conduct , careful attention must be given to that precept of Christ , " What I say unto you , I say unto all , watch . " Watch- fulness , and ...
... example and precept , the comfort and enjoyment derived from virtuous and cir- cumspect conduct , careful attention must be given to that precept of Christ , " What I say unto you , I say unto all , watch . " Watch- fulness , and ...
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... , " The safety of the State depends on the virtue of the women . " He also observes , that " Greece owed much of its wise policy to their chasti- ty and economical virtues . " But we need not go to Greece or Rome for examples to prove 10.
... , " The safety of the State depends on the virtue of the women . " He also observes , that " Greece owed much of its wise policy to their chasti- ty and economical virtues . " But we need not go to Greece or Rome for examples to prove 10.
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Abigail Mott. not go to Greece or Rome for examples to prove the effects of female influence . It is said , that soon after the conquest of England , and while it was divided into many small kingdoms , and when Ethelbert , king of Kent ...
Abigail Mott. not go to Greece or Rome for examples to prove the effects of female influence . It is said , that soon after the conquest of England , and while it was divided into many small kingdoms , and when Ethelbert , king of Kent ...
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... them . But during the reign of those kings who worshipped other gods ; thereby setting their subjects a bad example , there were wars and famine almost continually . And from the great suffering of man and beast , 12.
... them . But during the reign of those kings who worshipped other gods ; thereby setting their subjects a bad example , there were wars and famine almost continually . And from the great suffering of man and beast , 12.
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... example of their parents properly to estimate the advan- tages of wealth ; and were the virtues of frugality , temperance , and economy , brought into proper estimation , and were that esti- mation , which is now bestowed on grandeur ...
... example of their parents properly to estimate the advan- tages of wealth ; and were the virtues of frugality , temperance , and economy , brought into proper estimation , and were that esti- mation , which is now bestowed on grandeur ...
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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.