Observations on the Importance of Female Education and Maternal Instruction with Their Beneficial Influence on Society: Designed to be Used as a Class Book. By a Mother ... to which is Added an Appendix Containing Brief Hints to Parents, on the Subject of Education, and Hints to Young People on the Duties of Civil Life |
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... enjoyment of those rational blessings pertaining to this life , and for the reception of that principle of light and grace , which , as it is attended to , will qualify them for per- manent and everlasting happiness in the life to come , 6.
... enjoyment of those rational blessings pertaining to this life , and for the reception of that principle of light and grace , which , as it is attended to , will qualify them for per- manent and everlasting happiness in the life to come , 6.
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... happiness in the life to come , let us not neglect any opportunity that will promote the object of our wishes . Delays are always attended with danger , and often with irretrievable mischief . It cannot be supposed , that other persons ...
... happiness in the life to come , let us not neglect any opportunity that will promote the object of our wishes . Delays are always attended with danger , and often with irretrievable mischief . It cannot be supposed , that other persons ...
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... be a help - meet and com- panion to man . If , in a state of innocency , her company and assistance were necessary to his comfort and happiness , how much more so , when his cares , his toils , in the heart by the light of truth, are ...
... be a help - meet and com- panion to man . If , in a state of innocency , her company and assistance were necessary to his comfort and happiness , how much more so , when his cares , his toils , in the heart by the light of truth, are ...
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... happiness of a nation very materially de- pend . If so , is not the foundation of that edu- cation to be laid in the virtuous culture of females ; that they may be prepared to watch carefully the opening buds of infantile intellect ...
... happiness of a nation very materially de- pend . If so , is not the foundation of that edu- cation to be laid in the virtuous culture of females ; that they may be prepared to watch carefully the opening buds of infantile intellect ...
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... happiness of the human race , and our daughters uniting with them in the prac- tice of those virtues which are best calculat- ed to answer the end of our existence : glo- rifying God while here , and thereby becom- ing prepared to enjoy ...
... happiness of the human race , and our daughters uniting with them in the prac- tice of those virtues which are best calculat- ed to answer the end of our existence : glo- rifying God while here , and thereby becom- ing prepared to enjoy ...
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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 10 - 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 10 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 26 - If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
Page 12 - 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 23 - ... to do unto all men as we would they should do unto us...
Page 2 - In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride : but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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...