The Youth's Companion and CounsellorWilliam Chambers W. & R. Chambers, 1858 - 350 pages |
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... constitution , but gracefulness to the move- ments of the person . Whatever be a person's station in life , he ought at least to walk well . Yet , how few people in any rank of society , not thoroughly drilled on the subject , walk in a ...
... constitution , but gracefulness to the move- ments of the person . Whatever be a person's station in life , he ought at least to walk well . Yet , how few people in any rank of society , not thoroughly drilled on the subject , walk in a ...
Page 73
... constitution : to Industry and Frugality , the early easiness of his circumstances , and acquisition of his fortune , with all that knowledge that enabled him to be a useful citizen , and obtained for him some degree of reputation among ...
... constitution : to Industry and Frugality , the early easiness of his circumstances , and acquisition of his fortune , with all that knowledge that enabled him to be a useful citizen , and obtained for him some degree of reputation among ...
Page 89
... constitution , the brightness of genius , the best natural parts , or the best collection of logical precepts . It is custom and practice that must form and establish this habit . We must apply ourselves to it till we perform all this ...
... constitution , the brightness of genius , the best natural parts , or the best collection of logical precepts . It is custom and practice that must form and establish this habit . We must apply ourselves to it till we perform all this ...
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... constitution framed by the revolutionary assembly . The words Arthur Wellesley , Duke of Wellington , are transposable into ' Let well - foil'd Gaul sekure thy r'nown ' - an imperfect but not very bad anagram . An anagram on the ...
... constitution framed by the revolutionary assembly . The words Arthur Wellesley , Duke of Wellington , are transposable into ' Let well - foil'd Gaul sekure thy r'nown ' - an imperfect but not very bad anagram . An anagram on the ...
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... constitution inherited from parents , imperfect management , or other causes not easily to be explained , many children die before their fourth year . Having got over the troubles and diseases of infancy , among which are included ...
... constitution inherited from parents , imperfect management , or other causes not easily to be explained , many children die before their fourth year . Having got over the troubles and diseases of infancy , among which are included ...
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