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... boys shall not suffer , as I have done , by hearing literary conversation , in which they can take no part . Of the advantages of a public- school , I have been led to form a very high idea ; but let me have your opinion ; you can speak ...
... boys shall not suffer , as I have done , by hearing literary conversation , in which they can take no part . Of the advantages of a public- school , I have been led to form a very high idea ; but let me have your opinion ; you can speak ...
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... boy to some pious master , who , con- fining himself to a small number of pupils , may the better pay that attention to their religious instruc- tion , and moral habits , which should always be the first objects in every system of ...
... boy to some pious master , who , con- fining himself to a small number of pupils , may the better pay that attention to their religious instruc- tion , and moral habits , which should always be the first objects in every system of ...
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... boys ; -the other , for the same purpose , by the women , girls , and young children of both sexes . All the females slept in a room immediately over that in which they sat ; as the men and great boys , did over their sitting - room ...
... boys ; -the other , for the same purpose , by the women , girls , and young children of both sexes . All the females slept in a room immediately over that in which they sat ; as the men and great boys , did over their sitting - room ...
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... boy in the school of eight years old , and upwards , should visit this room once a - week . The general body were divided into three classes , containing sixteen boys each , which comprehended the whole number of those who had reached ...
... boy in the school of eight years old , and upwards , should visit this room once a - week . The general body were divided into three classes , containing sixteen boys each , which comprehended the whole number of those who had reached ...
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... boys such questions ( generally most of them , and always some of them , on religious subjects ) as sug- gested themselves to him at the moment . When the boy to whom the question was addressed , could not answer it , it was proposed ...
... boys such questions ( generally most of them , and always some of them , on religious subjects ) as sug- gested themselves to him at the moment . When the boy to whom the question was addressed , could not answer it , it was proposed ...
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Page 15 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 6 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 103 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 143 - by grace we are saved through faith ; and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast?
Page 83 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 19 - I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Page ii - This is a. faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.
Page 86 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 188 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 137 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.