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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... pride and ostentation , even in the nursery ! for to the nursery may be traced many of the evils which abound . For instance : how common it is , when chil- dren are dressed in something new or clean , instead of informing them that it ...
... pride and ostentation , even in the nursery ! for to the nursery may be traced many of the evils which abound . For instance : how common it is , when chil- dren are dressed in something new or clean , instead of informing them that it ...
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... pride and vanity , must be superior to them herself . Every lesson to be taught with effect , must be enforced by example . The following testimony to the watchful and affectionate care of a mother , is given after her decease , by her ...
... pride and vanity , must be superior to them herself . Every lesson to be taught with effect , must be enforced by example . The following testimony to the watchful and affectionate care of a mother , is given after her decease , by her ...
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... pride and am- bition . " All this availeth me nothing , so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate . " When he ceased speaking , his wife , who appears to have cherished the same dispo- sitions with her husband ...
... pride and am- bition . " All this availeth me nothing , so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate . " When he ceased speaking , his wife , who appears to have cherished the same dispo- sitions with her husband ...
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... pride and envy ! On the same gallows that was prepared to hang the pious Mordecai , and on the same day , was Haman hanged , and his house given to Esther the queen , who set Mordecai over it . Thus was Zeresh deprived of her hus- band ...
... pride and envy ! On the same gallows that was prepared to hang the pious Mordecai , and on the same day , was Haman hanged , and his house given to Esther the queen , who set Mordecai over it . Thus was Zeresh deprived of her hus- band ...
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... pride and ostentation open their doors for the re- ception of the vain , the idle , and the licen- tious ? who meet , they scarcely know for what , and spend their time in a way very 5 49 be really so? And for this appearance, do ...
... pride and ostentation open their doors for the re- ception of the vain , the idle , and the licen- tious ? who meet , they scarcely know for what , and spend their time in a way very 5 49 be really so? And for this appearance, do ...
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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...