Letters Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle, Volumes 1-2 |
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... punishment , would not ( unless the habit were very inveterate indeed ) tell a falsehood in which he was certain of being imme- diately detected . And what is the span of life ! how short ! how uncertain ! How little is it worth our ...
... punishment , would not ( unless the habit were very inveterate indeed ) tell a falsehood in which he was certain of being imme- diately detected . And what is the span of life ! how short ! how uncertain ! How little is it worth our ...
Page 144
... and scolded at offences of the same kind before now , and as it proved without effect , she determined on a new method of punishment . Having stripped the unfortunate delinquent of of his soiled garments , she put him in a ( 144 )
... and scolded at offences of the same kind before now , and as it proved without effect , she determined on a new method of punishment . Having stripped the unfortunate delinquent of of his soiled garments , she put him in a ( 144 )
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... punishment , had adventur- ously dared , by the assistance of a step - ladder , to peep in at the window , through which he hastily offered all the consolation in his power , by as- suring Lord N. that the pigeon should be his own ...
... punishment , had adventur- ously dared , by the assistance of a step - ladder , to peep in at the window , through which he hastily offered all the consolation in his power , by as- suring Lord N. that the pigeon should be his own ...
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... punishment . His heart rejoiced in the assurance , that the God who called him into being , intended that he should be happy ; and had put it in his power to contri- bute to the happiness of others . His father was proud of such a son ...
... punishment . His heart rejoiced in the assurance , that the God who called him into being , intended that he should be happy ; and had put it in his power to contri- bute to the happiness of others . His father was proud of such a son ...
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... punishment , even where he knew it to have been deserved ; and would rather have gone without his dinner for a week , than listened to the cries of one of his infant brothers in disgrace . This , in the eyes of some , may possibly ...
... punishment , even where he knew it to have been deserved ; and would rather have gone without his dinner for a week , than listened to the cries of one of his infant brothers in disgrace . This , in the eyes of some , may possibly ...
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Page 248 - Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble ; every man's work shall be made manifest ; for the day shall declare it ; because it shall be revealed by fire ; and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is.
Page 94 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : That bringeth the princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 46 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Page 49 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 57 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 47 - O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 168 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 128 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, And the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 198 - But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant...
Page 56 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.