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Promise a child a new plaything , and he will think of very little else till he has obtained it ; and put a new and interesting object before young people , and they will never be easy till they are engaged in it .
Promise a child a new plaything , and he will think of very little else till he has obtained it ; and put a new and interesting object before young people , and they will never be easy till they are engaged in it .
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Never fall into the error of supposing that , to perform acts of kindness , it is necessary to be in any other situation than your own , or that you require any thing in addition to what you possess . Nothing is more common among us ...
Never fall into the error of supposing that , to perform acts of kindness , it is necessary to be in any other situation than your own , or that you require any thing in addition to what you possess . Nothing is more common among us ...
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For years and years he went on getting better and worse by turns , but never found another opportunity of planting his orchard . E. Ay ! he should never have put it off . Mr. F. Another young farmer , a friend of his , who had formed ...
For years and years he went on getting better and worse by turns , but never found another opportunity of planting his orchard . E. Ay ! he should never have put it off . Mr. F. Another young farmer , a friend of his , who had formed ...
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... pursued to the door by Edward and Mary , the one asserting that he did not intend to leave the ground unploughed , and the other stoutly maintaining that she never thought , for a moment , of cooking the fowl unplucked .
... pursued to the door by Edward and Mary , the one asserting that he did not intend to leave the ground unploughed , and the other stoutly maintaining that she never thought , for a moment , of cooking the fowl unplucked .
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Had you never learned to read until you wanted to know the contents of a book ; or had you never been taught writing till you wished to write a letter , you would have been altogether unprepared either to read or write ; whereas , by ...
Had you never learned to read until you wanted to know the contents of a book ; or had you never been taught writing till you wished to write a letter , you would have been altogether unprepared either to read or write ; whereas , by ...
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Page 26 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 80 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 73 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 156 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys ; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise : ' O how shall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare That glows within my ravish'd heart?
Page 26 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from «• following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 79 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 167 - For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Page 73 - For he that will love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good ; Let him seek peace, and ensue it.
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| Title | Learning to act [by G. Mogridge]. |
| Author | George Mogridge |
| Published | 1799 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2006 |
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