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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... whofe imperfections are fo glaring , cannot be ignorant of them , they turn their eyes from the dark fide of the picture , and folace themselves , that they poffefs fome useful , or agreeable quality , which ferves as a counterpoife for ...
... whofe imperfections are fo glaring , cannot be ignorant of them , they turn their eyes from the dark fide of the picture , and folace themselves , that they poffefs fome useful , or agreeable quality , which ferves as a counterpoife for ...
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... whofe fituation in life excludes them from every fource of mental cultivation , excite our pity , and demand our affiftance . As their ignorance cannot be imputed as a fault , the errors which are the natural confequence of it , fhould ...
... whofe fituation in life excludes them from every fource of mental cultivation , excite our pity , and demand our affiftance . As their ignorance cannot be imputed as a fault , the errors which are the natural confequence of it , fhould ...
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... whofe understandings are cultivated , and their manners formed by the fociety of polite , well- bred perfons . Lady Louifa . Will the keeping company with polite peo- ple make me the fame ? Mentoria . Unless it is your Ladyfhip's own ...
... whofe understandings are cultivated , and their manners formed by the fociety of polite , well- bred perfons . Lady Louifa . Will the keeping company with polite peo- ple make me the fame ? Mentoria . Unless it is your Ladyfhip's own ...
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... whofe yoke is eafy , and burthen light , and of whom with propriety it may be faid , her fervice is perfect freedom . Lady Louifà . From your defcription , my dear Mentoria , gratitude feems to be but in an uncomfortable fituation , as ...
... whofe yoke is eafy , and burthen light , and of whom with propriety it may be faid , her fervice is perfect freedom . Lady Louifà . From your defcription , my dear Mentoria , gratitude feems to be but in an uncomfortable fituation , as ...
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... whofe hands are the iffues of life and death ! Lord George . I agree with you , my dear Madam , in think- ing none but very weak people can believe fuch abfurdities ; but I will not interrupt you , as I fuppofe , you will now tell us ...
... whofe hands are the iffues of life and death ! Lord George . I agree with you , my dear Madam , in think- ing none but very weak people can believe fuch abfurdities ; but I will not interrupt you , as I fuppofe , you will now tell us ...
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againſt alfo alſo Amulius attention becauſe beſt bleffings called caufe cauſe circumftance confequence confifts converfation courfe courſe darkneſs dear Lady Louifa dear Lady Mary dear Madam dear Mentoria defire deſerve duty earth endeavour Epicene exprefs faid fame fcience feem fenfe fentiments fervice feven fhall fhould fide fignifies fincerity firft fituation fome foon friends frigid zone ftate fubject fuch fuppofe greateſt hiftory hope houſe Induſtry inftance inftructions Lady Lady Louifa leaft leffon lefs Lord George Lycurgus Mark Antony means ment mind moft moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffary never notwithſtanding Numitor obfervations Parable perfons perform pleaſed pleaſure poffefs poffible praiſe Pray prefent produce puniſhment purpoſe purſue purſuits reafon requeſt reſpect Romulus ROMULUS and REMUS Ruffia ſenſe ſhall Spartan ſpeak ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion toria ufually underſtand uſeful virtue whilft whofe wiſh word yourſelf zone
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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.
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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.
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