Abbotsmere; or, Illustrations of home education1846 - 80 pages |
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Page 264 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest I will go; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.
Page 134 - ... into language, without undergoing the toil of the alphabet and the spelling-book. But these are rare exceptions ; the infant mind is still generally committed, during the first years of its intellectual existence, to the tender mercies of the dame and the schoolmaster, who preside over its progress with a book in one hand, and a rod in the other. The reluctance of mankind to adopt shorter methods of acquiring knowledge originates in a spirit as unenlightened, as that which opposes itself to improvements...
Page 460 - THOU hast made us for Thyself, and our heart is restless till it resteth in Thee.
Page 38 - For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Page 258 - IF there is one thing I dislike more than another, it is the housemaid, or even Ellis, meddling with my papers.
Page 353 - Because, my child, I only knew of the necessity for telling you, to-day. But it is not too late, it is never too late, to do a good action. You love Fabio, Nanina? Will you prove that love by making a great sacrifice for his good?
Page 452 - Despoiled yet perfect, with thy circle spreads A holiness appealing to all hearts — To art a model ; and to him who treads Rome for the sake of ages, Glory sheds Her light through thy sole aperture ; to those Who worship, here are altars for their...
Page 114 - ... or the impatient wave of a fan, if their names were mentioned ; the ladies there — mother and daughter — were leaving nothing undone to injure them in their estimation of all, and even spoke of them as 'young women who were above doing their duty in that state of life to which Providence had called them.
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