The Young Woman's Guide to ExcellenceCharles H. Peirce, Binney and Otheman, W.J. Reynolds and Company, 1847 - 356 Seiten The author discusses the type of education and character development suitable to the true woman. |
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... exceedingly impor- tant , then , that they should be well educated , " from whom , " in the language of another writer , our virtues are , and from whom our vices may be " . -we would add must be- " de- rived ; " at least in no small ...
... exceedingly impor- tant , then , that they should be well educated , " from whom , " in the language of another writer , our virtues are , and from whom our vices may be " . -we would add must be- " de- rived ; " at least in no small ...
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... exceedingly to see our young women filled with the desire of improvement - physical , social , intellectual and moral . I long to see their souls glowing with the desire to go about doing good , like their Lord and Master . Not , indeed ...
... exceedingly to see our young women filled with the desire of improvement - physical , social , intellectual and moral . I long to see their souls glowing with the desire to go about doing good , like their Lord and Master . Not , indeed ...
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... exceedingly small , when she comes to compare it with the standard of self - acquaintance set up by such writers as Mason , Burgh , Watts , & c .; and , above all , when she comes to compare it with the standard of the Bible . How ...
... exceedingly small , when she comes to compare it with the standard of self - acquaintance set up by such writers as Mason , Burgh , Watts , & c .; and , above all , when she comes to compare it with the standard of the Bible . How ...
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... have made diligent use of all your own faculties and powers , and sought thereon the blessing of God's Spirit , have their I am exceedingly fond of them and I use . would not wholly deny to you what I am so SELF - KNOWLEDGE . 69.
... have made diligent use of all your own faculties and powers , and sought thereon the blessing of God's Spirit , have their I am exceedingly fond of them and I use . would not wholly deny to you what I am so SELF - KNOWLEDGE . 69.
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... Bible to produce , and to the consequences which often immediately follow , he thus remarks : " It is exceedingly striking to observe how the contracted , rigid soul seems to soften , and grow 70 THE YOUNG WOMAN'S Guide .
... Bible to produce , and to the consequences which often immediately follow , he thus remarks : " It is exceedingly striking to observe how the contracted , rigid soul seems to soften , and grow 70 THE YOUNG WOMAN'S Guide .
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Seite 317 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Seite 204 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Seite 92 - I crossed these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues; on which line, and in its proper column, I might mark by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue, upon that day I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively.
Seite 315 - Every idle word that men speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." " For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." The day of judgment is not in the hereafter, as many have believed.
Seite 92 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time; I would conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into.
Seite 161 - Good name, in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash : 't is something, nothing ; T was mine, 't is his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Seite 225 - ... day, or in the evening. To ascertain this point, they got permission from the commanding officer to put their respective plans into execution. Accordingly, the one with his division marched during the day, although it was in the heat of summer, and rested all night — the other slept in the day-time, and marched during the evening and part of the night. The result was that the first performed a journey of six hundred miles, without losing a single man or horse, while the latter lost most of...
Seite 254 - ... to all people, that respect will of itself teach those ways of expressing it which he observes most acceptable. Be sure to keep up in him the principles of...
Seite 70 - It is exceedingly striking to observe how the contracted, rigid soul seems to soften, and grow warm, and expand, and quiver with life. With the new energy infused, it painfully struggles to work itself into freedom, from the wretched contortion in which it has so long been fixed as by the impressed spell of some infernal magic.