Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, EsqLongman & Company, 1825 - 348 pages |
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Page 22
... consider they are to instruct them- selves . We all want teaching , even those that think themselves most capable of teaching others ; and if we seriously set about forming the minds of our children , we shall find our own ideas improve ...
... consider they are to instruct them- selves . We all want teaching , even those that think themselves most capable of teaching others ; and if we seriously set about forming the minds of our children , we shall find our own ideas improve ...
Page 32
... Consider , first , the tenuity of my intellect ; consider , next , the scarcity of matter to write on in this desert . Unless , indeed , you choose a dissertation , or a disputation , or an essay , or any thing of that sort ; but then ...
... Consider , first , the tenuity of my intellect ; consider , next , the scarcity of matter to write on in this desert . Unless , indeed , you choose a dissertation , or a disputation , or an essay , or any thing of that sort ; but then ...
Page 47
... considering the scenes which pass before and behind the stage , the cha- racters of the actors and actresses , and the exhi- bitions by which a manager feels himself compelled to court the popular taste ( " for they who live to please ...
... considering the scenes which pass before and behind the stage , the cha- racters of the actors and actresses , and the exhi- bitions by which a manager feels himself compelled to court the popular taste ( " for they who live to please ...
Page 49
... consider this life as a state of probation , and keep your eyes constantly fixed on the joy that is set before you . God grant you may so do ; and may you be more happy , that is , may you be a better Christian than your father . First ...
... consider this life as a state of probation , and keep your eyes constantly fixed on the joy that is set before you . God grant you may so do ; and may you be more happy , that is , may you be a better Christian than your father . First ...
Page 50
Thomas Bowdler. always consider me as being , above all others , your most intimate friend , to whom , upon all occasions , you are to speak without reserve , for that is a thing I hate , and ... consider me as being, above all others, ...
Thomas Bowdler. always consider me as being , above all others , your most intimate friend , to whom , upon all occasions , you are to speak without reserve , for that is a thing I hate , and ... consider me as being, above all others, ...
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