Letters to a Young Lady: On a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects. Calculated to Improve the Heart, to Form the Manners and Enlighten the Understanding ...William Fessenden, 1811 - 318 oldal |
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30. oldal
... studied them with earnestness , instead of their own interests , prejudices and passions , we should never have been distracted with so many systems of error and superstition . Do not read much , at a time . Meditation is the stomach ...
... studied them with earnestness , instead of their own interests , prejudices and passions , we should never have been distracted with so many systems of error and superstition . Do not read much , at a time . Meditation is the stomach ...
36. oldal
... studied the scriptures , more than human systems . They were filled with the spirit : " they were men of watchfulness and prayers . A profane spirit of criticism or of philosophy false ly so called , makes us cold and languid . In ...
... studied the scriptures , more than human systems . They were filled with the spirit : " they were men of watchfulness and prayers . A profane spirit of criticism or of philosophy false ly so called , makes us cold and languid . In ...
38. oldal
... studied conciseness , and his miniature plan sometimes leaves the features of his pieces indistinct . is a singular abruptness in his transitions , and the mind is frequently obliged to pause , in order to discover the invisible ...
... studied conciseness , and his miniature plan sometimes leaves the features of his pieces indistinct . is a singular abruptness in his transitions , and the mind is frequently obliged to pause , in order to discover the invisible ...
39. oldal
... studied ornaments , however rich , cannot but have an uninteresting uniformity . He is invariably a fine , pellucid stream , never that impetuous torrent , which overflows its banks , carries all before it , and gives us the idea of sub ...
... studied ornaments , however rich , cannot but have an uninteresting uniformity . He is invariably a fine , pellucid stream , never that impetuous torrent , which overflows its banks , carries all before it , and gives us the idea of sub ...
122. oldal
... studying from the ur- gency of the occasion , which gives energy to our researches and vigour to improvement . Guthrie is one of the best authors in geogra phy ; and for chronology , the tables of Dr. Priest- ley ( a name which I would ...
... studying from the ur- gency of the occasion , which gives energy to our researches and vigour to improvement . Guthrie is one of the best authors in geogra phy ; and for chronology , the tables of Dr. Priest- ley ( a name which I would ...
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284. oldal - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
98. oldal - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
24. oldal - My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire : that it hath alway unto thy judgements. 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud : and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments.
290. oldal - ... eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man to conceive, the things which God has prepared for them that love him; — nor yet, I may add, the wrath which he has prepared for those who do not love him.
14. oldal - But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
184. oldal - O shades of Hagley, where is now your boast ? Your bright inhabitant is lost, You she preferr'd to all the gay resorts Where female vanity might wish to shine, The pomp of cities, and the pride of courts.
133. oldal - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but, above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world, by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace ; and for the hope of glory.
13. oldal - The impassion'd soul? and whence the robes of light Which thus invest her with more lovely pomp Than Fancy can describe? Whence but from Thee, O source divine of ever-flowing love! And Thy unmeasured goodness?
156. oldal - Thus the men Whom Nature's works can charm, with God himself Hold converse; grow familiar, day by day, With his conceptions, act upon his plan; And form to his, the relish of their souls.
184. oldal - And banish'd every passion from her breast, But those, the gentlest and the best, Whose holy flames with energy divine The virtuous heart enliven and improve, The conjugal and the maternal love.