The School-boy, Or, A Guide for Youth to Truth and DutyCrocker & Brewster, 1839 - 180 oldal |
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... ; hence the School - Boy . I have endeav- ored to guide my readers to such regions of thought as should stimulate the mind and task its powers . This book is not intended merely to afford entertainment for children , but , by manly.
... ; hence the School - Boy . I have endeav- ored to guide my readers to such regions of thought as should stimulate the mind and task its powers . This book is not intended merely to afford entertainment for children , but , by manly.
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... to afford entertainment for children , but , by manly thought and expression , to elevate the intelligent and vigorous mind . ROXBURY , April , 1839 . JOHN S. C. ABBOTT . TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. STUDY . Lord Lyndhurst 4 PREFACE .
... to afford entertainment for children , but , by manly thought and expression , to elevate the intelligent and vigorous mind . ROXBURY , April , 1839 . JOHN S. C. ABBOTT . TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. STUDY . Lord Lyndhurst 4 PREFACE .
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... mind . The evening scene . Influence of prayer on the heart . Anecdote of Lord Byron . Efficacy of prayer . King Hezekiah . Nine- veh . French fleet . The muezzin .... ..50 CHAPTER IV . HAPPINESS . Different tastes of different ...
... mind . The evening scene . Influence of prayer on the heart . Anecdote of Lord Byron . Efficacy of prayer . King Hezekiah . Nine- veh . French fleet . The muezzin .... ..50 CHAPTER IV . HAPPINESS . Different tastes of different ...
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... mind and improving the affec- tions .. ... 130 CHAPTER VIII . YOUTHFUL PIETY . Transient excitement . Temptations of the school - boy . What is it to be a Christian ? The plan of salvation . How to commence , improve , and end the day ...
... mind and improving the affec- tions .. ... 130 CHAPTER VIII . YOUTHFUL PIETY . Transient excitement . Temptations of the school - boy . What is it to be a Christian ? The plan of salvation . How to commence , improve , and end the day ...
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... . And when he entered upon the practice of his pro- fession , his mind was so richly stored with infor- mation , and so highly disciplined by his previous diligence , that he almost immediately attained celebrity . One CHAPTER I STUDY.
... . And when he entered upon the practice of his pro- fession , his mind was so richly stored with infor- mation , and so highly disciplined by his previous diligence , that he almost immediately attained celebrity . One CHAPTER I STUDY.
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67. oldal - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
60. oldal - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water : but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, andj cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
60. oldal - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
137. oldal - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
121. oldal - CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And, where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky Expand and shut with silent...
81. oldal - It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest...
180. oldal - On parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.
132. oldal - But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.
59. oldal - Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked- before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.