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Page 20
... feel ourselves undauntedly bold where we are fure of no effectual resistance . The perverfion of the best things converts them to the worst . Home is certainly well adapted to repofe and folid enjoyment . Among parents and brothers ...
... feel ourselves undauntedly bold where we are fure of no effectual resistance . The perverfion of the best things converts them to the worst . Home is certainly well adapted to repofe and folid enjoyment . Among parents and brothers ...
Page 33
... feeling . It is the calm and clear atmof phere , the ferenity and funfhine of the mind . When benignity and gentlenefs reign within , we are always leaft in hazard of being ruffled from without ; every perfon , and every occurrence ...
... feeling . It is the calm and clear atmof phere , the ferenity and funfhine of the mind . When benignity and gentlenefs reign within , we are always leaft in hazard of being ruffled from without ; every perfon , and every occurrence ...
Page 61
... refine your fentiments ; but must keep on in one beaten track , without turning afide either to the right hand or to the left . " But I cannot fubmit to drudgery F drudgery like this - I feel a spirit above it ( 61 )
... refine your fentiments ; but must keep on in one beaten track , without turning afide either to the right hand or to the left . " But I cannot fubmit to drudgery F drudgery like this - I feel a spirit above it ( 61 )
Page 62
... feel a spirit above it . " " Tis well : Be above it then ; only do not repine that you are not rich . Is knowledge the pearl of price ? That , too , may be purchased - by fteady application , and long folitary hours of study and ...
... feel a spirit above it . " " Tis well : Be above it then ; only do not repine that you are not rich . Is knowledge the pearl of price ? That , too , may be purchased - by fteady application , and long folitary hours of study and ...
Page 70
... feel nothing on our part , fave refpect and affection for you . You have been fufficiently tefted . We loofe your chains ; we fnatch you from the fcaffold ; and we thank you for that leffon of humiliation which you teach us , when you ...
... feel nothing on our part , fave refpect and affection for you . You have been fufficiently tefted . We loofe your chains ; we fnatch you from the fcaffold ; and we thank you for that leffon of humiliation which you teach us , when you ...
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