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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... virtue . " To those who act from the noble motive of love , " and the animating power of the Christian's hope , the " exercise is the reward , the permission is the privilege , " and the work is the wages . " HICKORY GROVE , 1824 . A ...
... virtue . " To those who act from the noble motive of love , " and the animating power of the Christian's hope , the " exercise is the reward , the permission is the privilege , " and the work is the wages . " HICKORY GROVE , 1824 . A ...
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... celebrated Mon- tesquieu , when speaking of the influence of females on public manners , & c . must have considered them in the capacity of wives and of mothers . He says , " The safety of the State depends on the virtue of the 10.
... celebrated Mon- tesquieu , when speaking of the influence of females on public manners , & c . must have considered them in the capacity of wives and of mothers . He says , " The safety of the State depends on the virtue of the 10.
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... virtue of the women . " He also observes , that " Greece owed much of its wise policy to their chastity and economical virtues . " But we need not go to Greece or Rome for examples to the effects of female influence . prove It is said ...
... virtue of the women . " He also observes , that " Greece owed much of its wise policy to their chastity and economical virtues . " But we need not go to Greece or Rome for examples to the effects of female influence . prove It is said ...
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... 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 , made 15.
... 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 , made 15.
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... virtue . " Let every mother , then , who has a suffi- cient degree of christian philanthropy , and parental tenderness , to feel a glow of heart in the contemplation of such a picture , con- sider herself as an instrument in the hand of ...
... virtue . " Let every mother , then , who has a suffi- cient degree of christian philanthropy , and parental tenderness , to feel a glow of heart in the contemplation of such a picture , con- sider herself as an instrument in the hand of ...
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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...