Governess life, by the author of 'Memorials of two sisters'. |
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... ranks of society , than by restricting the College to one only . The exclu- sive feeling which the teaching a peculiar class would create was thus prevented , and it was thought that the future governess would be raised in the ...
... ranks of society , than by restricting the College to one only . The exclu- sive feeling which the teaching a peculiar class would create was thus prevented , and it was thought that the future governess would be raised in the ...
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... who look more deeply into the subject , the question has been perpetually occurring " How have teachers been taught ? Has there ever been a regular discipline and train- ing provided for them ? Have the upper ranks of QUEEN'S COLLEGE . 7.
... who look more deeply into the subject , the question has been perpetually occurring " How have teachers been taught ? Has there ever been a regular discipline and train- ing provided for them ? Have the upper ranks of QUEEN'S COLLEGE . 7.
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Mary Atkinson Maurice. ing provided for them ? Have the upper ranks of society yet been furnished with a system of sound education like that carried out for the poor ? " Certainly not ; therefore multitudes of ladies who yearly adopt ...
Mary Atkinson Maurice. ing provided for them ? Have the upper ranks of society yet been furnished with a system of sound education like that carried out for the poor ? " Certainly not ; therefore multitudes of ladies who yearly adopt ...
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... ranks of life , who has acted immorally , is excluded from society ; should it not be so likewise with those to whom so high a trust is committed as the care of immortal souls ? Were this feeling general , would it not tend in the ...
... ranks of life , who has acted immorally , is excluded from society ; should it not be so likewise with those to whom so high a trust is committed as the care of immortal souls ? Were this feeling general , would it not tend in the ...
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... rank under the same description those who indulge in reckless habits of expenditure , with the certainty of being unable to repay what they purchase . Does this deserve a milder name than swindling ? These are the grosser forms of sin ...
... rank under the same description those who indulge in reckless habits of expenditure , with the certainty of being unable to repay what they purchase . Does this deserve a milder name than swindling ? These are the grosser forms of sin ...
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Page 35 - And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body...
Page 31 - TEACH me, my God and King, in all things thee to see; and what I do in anything to do it as for thee.
Page 31 - A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and th
Page 30 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Page 129 - everywhere Two heads in council, two beside the hearth, Two in the tangled business of the world, Two in the liberal offices of life, Two plummets dropt for one to sound the abyss Of science, and the secrets of the mind...
Page 34 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 29 - Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge. If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching, folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
Page 124 - They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Page 35 - I have no need of thee : nor, again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 47 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.