The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life, Volume 1Goodrich, 1827 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 11
Page 11
... Fantom : or , the History of the New - Fash- ioned Philosopher , and his man William , The History of Mr. Bragwell ; or , The Two Wealthy Farmers , 123 132 Dan and Jane , or , Faith and Works , ' Tis All for the Best , 157 An Heroic ...
... Fantom : or , the History of the New - Fash- ioned Philosopher , and his man William , The History of Mr. Bragwell ; or , The Two Wealthy Farmers , 123 132 Dan and Jane , or , Faith and Works , ' Tis All for the Best , 157 An Heroic ...
Page 123
... FANTOM , THE NEW FASHIONED PHILOSOPHER , AND HIS MAN WILLIAM . MR . FANTOM was a retail trader in the that of thinking that what he did not know city of London . As he had no turn to himself , was equally new to others ; and he any ...
... FANTOM , THE NEW FASHIONED PHILOSOPHER , AND HIS MAN WILLIAM . MR . FANTOM was a retail trader in the that of thinking that what he did not know city of London . As he had no turn to himself , was equally new to others ; and he any ...
Page 124
... Fantom had been the husband of a By benevolence he understood a gloomy and very worthy woman many years before the indefinite auxiety about the happiness of new philosophy had discovered that marriage people with whom he was utterly ...
... Fantom had been the husband of a By benevolence he understood a gloomy and very worthy woman many years before the indefinite auxiety about the happiness of new philosophy had discovered that marriage people with whom he was utterly ...
Page 125
... Fantom , you , I suppose , are now as happy as the day is long ? " O yes , ' replied Fantom with a gloomy sigh , which gave the lie to his words , perfectly happy ! I wonder you do not give up all your sordid employments , and turn ...
... Fantom , you , I suppose , are now as happy as the day is long ? " O yes , ' replied Fantom with a gloomy sigh , which gave the lie to his words , perfectly happy ! I wonder you do not give up all your sordid employments , and turn ...
Page 126
... Fantom : there is which belong to man , to individual man , and nothing like realizing . Why , hark ye , Mr. of course to man collectively . - Among all Trueman , ' said Fantom , stammering , and your reforms you must reform the human ...
... Fantom : there is which belong to man , to individual man , and nothing like realizing . Why , hark ye , Mr. of course to man collectively . - Among all Trueman , ' said Fantom , stammering , and your reforms you must reform the human ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Belshazzar Betty Bible blessing Bragwell called Chaldea character charity Christ Christian church comfort corrupt Darius daugh daughters delight divine doctrine duty Eliab eternal ev'ry evil exer eyes faith fancy Fantom father favour fear feel give glory Gospel grace habit hand happiness hear heart heaven holy honour hope human humble indulgence irreligion Jack Jack Weston kind king knew labour less ligion live look Lord master ment mercy mind moral nature ness never night object Parley passion perhaps Pharnaces Philistia piety pleasure poor pow'r praise pray prayer principle religion religious Scripture sense shillings Simpson sins sober soul spirit Stock Sunday sure taste temper thee thing thou thought tion Tom Price Tommy Williams true truth Twas vanity virtue woman word worldly Worthy young youth
Popular passages
Page 111 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 140 - Thank God, neither I nor my family can be said to break the seventh commandment. Worthy. Here again, remember how Christ himself hath said, " Whoso looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Page 452 - I beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Page 401 - Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy face from any poor man ; and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee.
Page 39 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 105 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Page 185 - ... our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
Page 341 - They should be therefore trained with a view to these several conditions, and be furnished with a stock of ideas and principles, and qualifications and habits, ready to be applied and appropriated, as occasion may demand, to each of these respective situations. For though the arts which merely embellish life must claim admiration, yet when a man of sense comes to marry it is a companion he wants, and not an artist.
Page 277 - I have found, by a strict and diligent observation, that a due observation of the duty of this day, hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time ; and the week that hath been so begun, hath been blessed and prosperous to me...
Page 134 - But it was in vain to speak ; for his daughters constantly stopped his mouth by a favourite saying of theirs, which equally indicated affectation and vulgarity — that it was better to be out of the world than out of the fashion. Soon after dinner, the women went out to their several employments, and Mr. Worthy, being left alone with his guest, the following discourse took place.