Mentoria, Or, The Young Ladies Instructor: In Familiar Conversations on Moral and Entertaining Subjects : Calculated to Improve Young Minds, in the Essential, as Well as Ornamental, Parts of Female Education |
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... , for is also , read it also . p . 109 , 1. 15 , for he Pagans , read the Pagans . p . 112 , at the end of 1. 12 , add to . p . 120 , 1 , 13 , for decides , read deicides , D I A L O GUE I Page N Industry xii PREFAC E.
... , for is also , read it also . p . 109 , 1. 15 , for he Pagans , read the Pagans . p . 112 , at the end of 1. 12 , add to . p . 120 , 1 , 13 , for decides , read deicides , D I A L O GUE I Page N Industry xii PREFAC E.
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... Industry , Truth , and Sincerity : the pe- culiar advantages arifing from the practice of thefe Virtues clearly explained ; and their feveral branches minutely confidered . 11 DIALOGUE II . On Orthography , and the practical Use of ...
... Industry , Truth , and Sincerity : the pe- culiar advantages arifing from the practice of thefe Virtues clearly explained ; and their feveral branches minutely confidered . 11 DIALOGUE II . On Orthography , and the practical Use of ...
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... , Mafters , Servants ; and univerfal Phi- lanthropy strictly enjoined , as the basis of the Chriftian Religion . The whole con- cluding with a general Exhortation to Virtue . 191 MOND A Y. On Industry , Truth , and Sincerity CONTENT S.
... , Mafters , Servants ; and univerfal Phi- lanthropy strictly enjoined , as the basis of the Chriftian Religion . The whole con- cluding with a general Exhortation to Virtue . 191 MOND A Y. On Industry , Truth , and Sincerity CONTENT S.
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... Industry , Truth , and Sincerity . S AS your and Mentoria . your fifter's improvement , my dear Lady Mary , engroffes my whole attention , I propose employing the remainder of the morning in pointing out those measures I think will be ...
... Industry , Truth , and Sincerity . S AS your and Mentoria . your fifter's improvement , my dear Lady Mary , engroffes my whole attention , I propose employing the remainder of the morning in pointing out those measures I think will be ...
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... and useful qualifications of the mind , produce the fame effect in a human character as the contralt of light and fhade , does in a fine picture , picture , which conftitutes the beauty and in- trinfic value 2 ON INDUSTRY , TRUTH ,
... and useful qualifications of the mind , produce the fame effect in a human character as the contralt of light and fhade , does in a fine picture , picture , which conftitutes the beauty and in- trinfic value 2 ON INDUSTRY , TRUTH ,
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Page 133 - ... of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him ; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come unto him.
Page 90 - Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.
Page 204 - Let your light fo fhine before men, that they may fee your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Page 63 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 132 - And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe...
Page 178 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Page 124 - ... the ftranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day: wherefore the Lord bleffed the feventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 64 - Heavens ! what a goodly profpeft fpreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and fpires,, And glittering towns, and gilded dreams, till all The ftretching landfcape into fmoke decays!
Page 65 - What if lhe foot, ordain'd the duft to tread, Or hand, to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? What if the head, the eye. or ear, repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling mind? Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be another, in this gen'ral frame: Juft as abfurd, to mourn the tafks or pains, The great directing MIND OF ALL Ordains.
Page 120 - Saint of England, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. David of Wales, St.