What to do, and how to do it; or, Morals and manners taught by examples |
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... learned to conquer their passions and do their duty . This lovely garden is but a picture of the heart that is firmly established in the ways of virtue . Its ways are ways of pleasantness , and all its paths are peace . " While they ...
... learned to conquer their passions and do their duty . This lovely garden is but a picture of the heart that is firmly established in the ways of virtue . Its ways are ways of pleasantness , and all its paths are peace . " While they ...
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... learned what is meant by a good and bad heart , the next thing is to look into our own breasts and see what kind of a heart we ourselves have got . This is of first - rate importance , and therefore it is that I ask the question- " What ...
... learned what is meant by a good and bad heart , the next thing is to look into our own breasts and see what kind of a heart we ourselves have got . This is of first - rate importance , and therefore it is that I ask the question- " What ...
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... learned to render his school - boy pages fair , to work all his sums correctly . Thus he started in life , and thus he became qualified to make the pages of his history glorious . Another thing that had great influence in the formation ...
... learned to render his school - boy pages fair , to work all his sums correctly . Thus he started in life , and thus he became qualified to make the pages of his history glorious . Another thing that had great influence in the formation ...
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... necessary to form in our hearts the habit of submitting to rules and laws . A person who has never learned obedience has not yet taken the first step in the path of virtue . The following incident furnishes a good illustration of the true.
... necessary to form in our hearts the habit of submitting to rules and laws . A person who has never learned obedience has not yet taken the first step in the path of virtue . The following incident furnishes a good illustration of the true.
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... learned , and there is no excuse for their neglect . Politeness forbids rude words , rude looks , and everything that betokens a lack of re- spect to the company present : politeness would carry the gentle and kind spirit of ...
... learned , and there is no excuse for their neglect . Politeness forbids rude words , rude looks , and everything that betokens a lack of re- spect to the company present : politeness would carry the gentle and kind spirit of ...
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Page 138 - Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 137 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Page 138 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 20 - It is a tree of life to those that lay hold on it ; and the supporters thereof are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace.
Page 137 - So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Page 137 - And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes ? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
Page 58 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so ; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature to.
Page 137 - And one went in and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
Page 148 - I am afraid, and if you were half as much afraid as I am, you would turn your horse's head and ride back to the camp." As they had not advanced far, the other, indignant, returned to Wellington to tell the story, and to ask for a worthier companion. " Clap spurs to your horse," was Wellington's reply, " or the business will be done by your cowardly companion before you get there.
Page 102 - In the presence of others sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet.