The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Band 1Goodrich, 1827 |
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... desire of furnishing her pupils with proper poetical recita- tions . Her talents and virtues gained not only the patronage of men of taste and science , but the firm friendship of some of the most illustrious names which the present age ...
... desire of furnishing her pupils with proper poetical recita- tions . Her talents and virtues gained not only the patronage of men of taste and science , but the firm friendship of some of the most illustrious names which the present age ...
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... Desire of friends ' is now become a proverbial satire ; the poet is driven from that once creditable refuge , behind which an unfounded eagerness to ap- pear in print used to shelter itself ; and is obliged to abandon the untenable ...
... Desire of friends ' is now become a proverbial satire ; the poet is driven from that once creditable refuge , behind which an unfounded eagerness to ap- pear in print used to shelter itself ; and is obliged to abandon the untenable ...
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... desire to shine Does Genius toil in Learning's mine ; Not to indulge in idle vision , VOL . 1 . But strike new light by strong collision . Of CONVERSATION , Wisdom's friend , This is the object and the end , Of moral truth , man's ...
... desire to shine Does Genius toil in Learning's mine ; Not to indulge in idle vision , VOL . 1 . But strike new light by strong collision . Of CONVERSATION , Wisdom's friend , This is the object and the end , Of moral truth , man's ...
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... desires , Love strong as death , and active patriot fires ; All the rude energy , the fervid flame , Of high - soul ... desire of fame , ( For these are specious crimes ) our rage in- flame ? No : sordid lust of gold their fate controls ...
... desires , Love strong as death , and active patriot fires ; All the rude energy , the fervid flame , Of high - soul ... desire of fame , ( For these are specious crimes ) our rage in- flame ? No : sordid lust of gold their fate controls ...
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... desire of show , Not to accumulate but to bestow ; You , who the dreary haunts of sorrow seek , Raise the sunk heart , and flush the fading cheek ; You , who divide the joys and share the pains , When merit triumphs , or oppress'd com ...
... desire of show , Not to accumulate but to bestow ; You , who the dreary haunts of sorrow seek , Raise the sunk heart , and flush the fading cheek ; You , who divide the joys and share the pains , When merit triumphs , or oppress'd com ...
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Belshazzar Betty Bible blessing Bragwell called Chaldea character charity Christ Christian church comfort corrupt Darius daugh daughters delight divine doctrine duty Eliab eternal ev'ry evil exer eyes faith fancy Fantom father favour fear feel give glory Gospel grace habit hand happiness hear heart heaven holy honour hope human humble indulgence irreligion Jack Jack Weston kind king knew labour less ligion live look Lord master ment mercy mind moral nature ness never night object Parley passion perhaps Pharnaces Philistia piety pleasure poor pow'r praise pray prayer principle religion religious Scripture sense shillings Simpson sins sober soul spirit Stock Sunday sure taste temper thee thing thou thought tion Tom Price Tommy Williams true truth Twas vanity virtue woman word worldly Worthy young youth
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Seite 111 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Seite 140 - Thank God, neither I nor my family can be said to break the seventh commandment. Worthy. Here again, remember how Christ himself hath said, " Whoso looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Seite 452 - I beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Seite 401 - Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy face from any poor man ; and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee.
Seite 39 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 105 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Seite 185 - ... our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
Seite 341 - They should be therefore trained with a view to these several conditions, and be furnished with a stock of ideas and principles, and qualifications and habits, ready to be applied and appropriated, as occasion may demand, to each of these respective situations. For though the arts which merely embellish life must claim admiration, yet when a man of sense comes to marry it is a companion he wants, and not an artist.
Seite 277 - I have found, by a strict and diligent observation, that a due observation of the duty of this day, hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time ; and the week that hath been so begun, hath been blessed and prosperous to me...
Seite 134 - But it was in vain to speak ; for his daughters constantly stopped his mouth by a favourite saying of theirs, which equally indicated affectation and vulgarity — that it was better to be out of the world than out of the fashion. Soon after dinner, the women went out to their several employments, and Mr. Worthy, being left alone with his guest, the following discourse took place.