Lessons for Young Persons in Humble Life .. 10th EdThomas Wilson & Sons, 1836 - 300 pages |
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... idle you may always find something or other , that is useful and proper to be done . Be attentive to what you are about ; and take pains to do it well : nothing can be done well , without at- tention , and pains . A cheerful and ...
... idle you may always find something or other , that is useful and proper to be done . Be attentive to what you are about ; and take pains to do it well : nothing can be done well , without at- tention , and pains . A cheerful and ...
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... idle ; always quiet . " A great prince used to say : " He who forgets God , works without profit ; and he will never obtain the blessing of Heaven . " What a beautiful world is this in which we live ; and how many good and pleasant ...
... idle ; always quiet . " A great prince used to say : " He who forgets God , works without profit ; and he will never obtain the blessing of Heaven . " What a beautiful world is this in which we live ; and how many good and pleasant ...
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... idle , he took , at a small rent , of Mrs. John Burrard , of Lymington , a piece of rough ground , about nine or ten acres , on which he might employ his leisure . Many a time he was seen working in it , before sunrise ; and , if his ...
... idle , he took , at a small rent , of Mrs. John Burrard , of Lymington , a piece of rough ground , about nine or ten acres , on which he might employ his leisure . Many a time he was seen working in it , before sunrise ; and , if his ...
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... idle . The eldest daughter worked with the mother at the spinning - wheel , which she learned to think a very pleasant employ- ment and she sometimes accompanied her work with a cheerful hymn , or a good moral song , which her parents ...
... idle . The eldest daughter worked with the mother at the spinning - wheel , which she learned to think a very pleasant employ- ment and she sometimes accompanied her work with a cheerful hymn , or a good moral song , which her parents ...
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... exert herself beyond her strength . How lamentable is it , that while so many people in the world are idle , there should be any , bending , like Mary , under с 3 NARRATIONS . 53 Continuation of the Lancashire collier girl.
... exert herself beyond her strength . How lamentable is it , that while so many people in the world are idle , there should be any , bending , like Mary , under с 3 NARRATIONS . 53 Continuation of the Lancashire collier girl.
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