The Christian Father's Present to His Children, Τόμος 2Jonathan Leavitt, 1827 |
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Σελίδα 21
John Angell James. an occasional game , end in the most confirmed and inveterate habits of gambling . Thirdly . Some amusements tend to foster vanity and pride , while at the same time , they generate a distaste for all the serious ...
John Angell James. an occasional game , end in the most confirmed and inveterate habits of gambling . Thirdly . Some amusements tend to foster vanity and pride , while at the same time , they generate a distaste for all the serious ...
Σελίδα 32
... habit of quot- ing in company the words which are in con- stant iteration at the playhouse , would he not be regarded as a person most dangerous to the virtue of others ? And yet these nauseating exhibitions are heard with pleasure ...
... habit of quot- ing in company the words which are in con- stant iteration at the playhouse , would he not be regarded as a person most dangerous to the virtue of others ? And yet these nauseating exhibitions are heard with pleasure ...
Σελίδα 34
... habits of the performers , and the influence which their employ- ment has in the formation of their character . And here I may assert , that the sentiments of mankind have generally consigned this wretch- ed class of beings to infamy ...
... habits of the performers , and the influence which their employ- ment has in the formation of their character . And here I may assert , that the sentiments of mankind have generally consigned this wretch- ed class of beings to infamy ...
Σελίδα 35
... habit of assuming a feigned character , and exhibiting unreal passions , must have a very injurious effect on their principles of integrity and truth . They are so accustom- ed to represent the arts of intrigue and gallan- try , that it ...
... habit of assuming a feigned character , and exhibiting unreal passions , must have a very injurious effect on their principles of integrity and truth . They are so accustom- ed to represent the arts of intrigue and gallan- try , that it ...
Σελίδα 38
... habits , characters , are formed , may not receive so much injury as younger persons ; though the most virtuous and moral cannot , I am sure , escape all harm ; even they must have their mental purity injur- ed , and their imagination ...
... habits , characters , are formed , may not receive so much injury as younger persons ; though the most virtuous and moral cannot , I am sure , escape all harm ; even they must have their mental purity injur- ed , and their imagination ...
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Σελίδα 51 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Σελίδα 24 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Σελίδα 68 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Σελίδα 117 - O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord...
Σελίδα 69 - Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.
Σελίδα 153 - And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Σελίδα 67 - She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships : she bringeth her food from afar.
Σελίδα 126 - Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father which is in heaven ; but whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Σελίδα 44 - Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Σελίδα 153 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.