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Page 15
The power of the will over moods of the mind is very noticeable in children .
Children often rise in the morn . ing in any thing but an amiable frame of mind .
Petulant , impatient , quarrelsome , they cannot be spoken to or touched without ...
The power of the will over moods of the mind is very noticeable in children .
Children often rise in the morn . ing in any thing but an amiable frame of mind .
Petulant , impatient , quarrelsome , they cannot be spoken to or touched without ...
Page 18
Modern Christian philanthropists tell us that if we would do good to the soul of a
starving child , we must first put food into his mouth , and comfortable clothing
upon his body . This , by way of manifesting a practical interest in his welco fare ...
Modern Christian philanthropists tell us that if we would do good to the soul of a
starving child , we must first put food into his mouth , and comfortable clothing
upon his body . This , by way of manifesting a practical interest in his welco fare ...
Page 19
In the mean time , the children watch him cautiously , and do not tease him with
questions . ... depravity of human nature in a young child , we are only witnessing
the natural expression of a desire for bread and milk Moods and Frames of Mind .
In the mean time , the children watch him cautiously , and do not tease him with
questions . ... depravity of human nature in a young child , we are only witnessing
the natural expression of a desire for bread and milk Moods and Frames of Mind .
Page 21
Their words are musical to women and children . They are cheerful and chipper
and sunshiny , and not easily moved toʻanger ; and yet I know them to be liars
and full of selfishness . Under their sweet mood , which sound health and a not ...
Their words are musical to women and children . They are cheerful and chipper
and sunshiny , and not easily moved toʻanger ; and yet I know them to be liars
and full of selfishness . Under their sweet mood , which sound health and a not ...
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The mother of a poor , misshapen , idiotic boy , will , though she have half a score
of bright and beautiful children ... a child sees in that child ' s person any reason
for the world to regard it with contempt or aversion , does she treat it with ...
The mother of a poor , misshapen , idiotic boy , will , though she have half a score
of bright and beautiful children ... a child sees in that child ' s person any reason
for the world to regard it with contempt or aversion , does she treat it with ...
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Page 16 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 190 - The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need; Not what we give, but what we share, ! For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
Page 23 - Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up...
Page 313 - My stubborn right abide ; I set a plain man's common sense Against the pedant's pride. To-day shall simple manhood try The strength of gold and land ; The wide world has not wealth to buy The power in my right hand...
Page 7 - Of aspect more sublime: that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul...
Page 175 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 248 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 234 - For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears along, Round the earth's electric circle, the swift flash of right or wrong ; Whether conscious or unconscious, yet Humanity's vast frame Through its ocean.sundered fibres feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
Page 234 - Tis the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offence Suffered or done.
Page 209 - It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Lessons in Life: A Series of Familiar Essays |
| Author | Timothy Titcomb |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1861 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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