 ... my friends, I leave with you this son, whom I so tenderly love: watch over his infancy; if you have any love for me, keep flattery far from him; and, while he is yet flexible, like a young plant, keep him upright: but, above all, let nothing be forgotten...  The adventures of Telemachus. Tr. by J. Hawkesworth - Page 31by François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon (abp. of Cambrai.) - 1785Full view - About this book
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...corrupted, and feduced from virtue ! Ov my friends ! I leave with you this fon, whom I fo tenderly love : watch over his infancy ; if you have any love for me, keep him far from the reach of flattery, and teach him to fubdue his paflions : while he is yet flexible... | |
 | English fiction - 1784 - 556 pages
...be corrupted, and fiducud " from vii tue! O my trien Js, I leave " with you this Ion, whom I fo ten" derly love: watch over his infancy^ " if you have..." is yet flexible, like a young plant, " keep him uptight: but, above all, " let nothing be forgotten that may " render him juft, beneficent, fincere,... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1847 - 230 pages
...to be corrupted and seduced from virtue! 0 my friends, I leave with you this son, whom I so tenderly love: watch over his infancy; if you have any love...plant, keep him upright: but, above all, let nothing be forgotten that may render him just, beneficent, sincere, and secret. He that is capable of a lie,... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1848 - 230 pages
...be corrupted and seduced from virtue ! 0 my friends, I leave with you this son, whom I so tenderly love : watch over his infancy ; if you have any love for me, keep flattery far from him ; tad, while he is yet flexible, like a young plant, keep him upright : but, above all, let nothing... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1857 - 474 pages
...to be corrupted and seduced from virtue IO my friends, I leave with you this son, whom I so tenderly love: watch over his infancy; if you have any love...far from him; and, while he is yet flexible, like « young plant, keep him upright: but, above all, let nothing be forgotten that -may render him just,... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1859 - 570 pages
...be corrupted and seduced from virtue ! O my friends, I leave with you this son, whom I so tenderly love : watch over his infancy ; if you have any love for me, keep flattery far from him ; teach him selfmastery ; and, while he is yet flexible, like a young plant, keep him upright. Above... | |
 | Jay Fliegelman - History - 1982 - 344 pages
...seduced from virtue, Ulysses instructed his friends, "I leave with you this son, whom I so tenderly love: watch over his infancy; if you have any love for me, keep flattery far from him; teach him to vanquish his passions."30 Later, Telemachus would recall "at that time they treated me... | |
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