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... out of the room except myself , and then drawing me near to her , she spoke to me in a mild voice , but in a most serious manner . First , she ex- plained to me the nature of the crime which I had run the hazard of committing . She told 20.
... out of the room except myself , and then drawing me near to her , she spoke to me in a mild voice , but in a most serious manner . First , she ex- plained to me the nature of the crime which I had run the hazard of committing . She told 20.
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... nature of the fault , and to ascertain that correction would be for the child's real benefit . But there should be no anger mani- fested in the presence of the child , and cer- tainly there should be none felt at the time of correcting ...
... nature of the fault , and to ascertain that correction would be for the child's real benefit . But there should be no anger mani- fested in the presence of the child , and cer- tainly there should be none felt at the time of correcting ...
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... nature , is little lower than the Angels . " How necessary it is , then , that our minds should be directed in their pursuits , by a consideration of the peculiar pleasures of wisdom and truth ! By a sense of our duty 48.
... nature , is little lower than the Angels . " How necessary it is , then , that our minds should be directed in their pursuits , by a consideration of the peculiar pleasures of wisdom and truth ! By a sense of our duty 48.
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... nature around us has a voice : does it not call to us , and say as the Angel did to one of the ancients ? " Hear me , and I will instruct thee , hearken to the thing that I say , and I will tell thee more . " Does not the re- turning ...
... nature around us has a voice : does it not call to us , and say as the Angel did to one of the ancients ? " Hear me , and I will instruct thee , hearken to the thing that I say , and I will tell thee more . " Does not the re- turning ...
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... nature being refreshed , is , in a summer morning , lively and cheerful . The dew drops glitter on the tender herbage . The opening rose and the honey - suckle , emblems of virtuous youth , cast forth their fragrance to the morning sun ...
... nature being refreshed , is , in a summer morning , lively and cheerful . The dew drops glitter on the tender herbage . The opening rose and the honey - suckle , emblems of virtuous youth , cast forth their fragrance to the morning sun ...
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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.