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... able governesses are wanting , -my work is intended for their benefit . I desire that they should take advantage of my experience ; I would also that parents be convinced that the happiness of children depends , in a great measure , on ...
... able governesses are wanting , -my work is intended for their benefit . I desire that they should take advantage of my experience ; I would also that parents be convinced that the happiness of children depends , in a great measure , on ...
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... able to dis- pose of the time necessary for the accomplishment of this arduous task . The celebrated historian Tacitus , considered education of such moment , that he did not think it beneath the dignity of history to name the Roman ...
... able to dis- pose of the time necessary for the accomplishment of this arduous task . The celebrated historian Tacitus , considered education of such moment , that he did not think it beneath the dignity of history to name the Roman ...
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... able to encounter with fortitude the trials that may await them . Again I say , that obedience is the first duty of children to their parents and teachers . All I have said of obedi- ence , equally relates to attention and judgement ...
... able to encounter with fortitude the trials that may await them . Again I say , that obedience is the first duty of children to their parents and teachers . All I have said of obedi- ence , equally relates to attention and judgement ...
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... able to perform them with advantage to their pupils , satisfaction to their employers , and pleasure to themselves ; but there are also a very great number of individuals who usurp the title of governess without having the slightest ...
... able to perform them with advantage to their pupils , satisfaction to their employers , and pleasure to themselves ; but there are also a very great number of individuals who usurp the title of governess without having the slightest ...
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... able to improve their youthful in- telligence ; she must be patient and persevering , mild yet firm ; her patience must also resemble that of the affectionate mother ; she will repeat her instructions till she be well understood , and ...
... able to improve their youthful in- telligence ; she must be patient and persevering , mild yet firm ; her patience must also resemble that of the affectionate mother ; she will repeat her instructions till she be well understood , and ...
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Page 101 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of many colours.
Page 102 - And he knew it, and said. It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Page 137 - O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 102 - And Judah said unto his brethren, " What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood ? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother and our flesh.
Page 137 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hundred pence; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 29 And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 137 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 137 - And he would not ; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow- servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me...
Page 73 - Father of Mercies. If gratitude, when exerted towards one another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture, when it is employed on this great object of gratitude ; on this Beneficent Being who has given us every thing we already possess, and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for.
Page 137 - Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him a hundred pence : and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 137 - Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou destredst me : shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee ? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.