Letters Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle, Volume 1 |
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Page xii
... duties , observes with rapture the pro- gress that is daily making towards ' the formation of that perfect charac- ter , which had been delineated in her sanguine mind ; -she looks forward , and beholds the darling object of her present ...
... duties , observes with rapture the pro- gress that is daily making towards ' the formation of that perfect charac- ter , which had been delineated in her sanguine mind ; -she looks forward , and beholds the darling object of her present ...
Page xiii
... duties , to be paid for at a stipulated price . With whatever fidelity she may dis- charge her obligation , whatever plea- . sure she may derive from the consci- ousness of having amply discharged it ; she looks not to the future cha ...
... duties , to be paid for at a stipulated price . With whatever fidelity she may dis- charge her obligation , whatever plea- . sure she may derive from the consci- ousness of having amply discharged it ; she looks not to the future cha ...
Page xvii
... a principal share in their in- struction .. To those who really wish to per form this momentous duty , no hint that can be given upon the formation b of of religious and moral principle will be given in vain [ xvii ]
... a principal share in their in- struction .. To those who really wish to per form this momentous duty , no hint that can be given upon the formation b of of religious and moral principle will be given in vain [ xvii ]
Page xxii
... duty to acquire . While her con- viction leads to an opposite conclu- sion , no friendship for the individuals of which any party is composed ; no respect for the talents , or the learn- ing , or the worth of any who arrange themselves ...
... duty to acquire . While her con- viction leads to an opposite conclu- sion , no friendship for the individuals of which any party is composed ; no respect for the talents , or the learn- ing , or the worth of any who arrange themselves ...
Page xxiii
... duty by special arguments ; and if " any witty censurer shall observe " that I tell him nothing but what " he knew before , I shall be con- " tented with it , and rejoice that he " was so well instructed ; and wish " also that he needed ...
... duty by special arguments ; and if " any witty censurer shall observe " that I tell him nothing but what " he knew before , I shall be con- " tented with it , and rejoice that he " was so well instructed ; and wish " also that he needed ...
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