The Christian Father's Present to His Children, Τόμος 2Jonathan Leavitt, 1827 |
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Σελίδα 22
... stage I shall reserve for a separate chapter . In the mean time I shall reply to a question which no doubt , ere this you are ready to ask , " What amusements I would recommend . " I do not hesitate at once to observe , that young ...
... stage I shall reserve for a separate chapter . In the mean time I shall reply to a question which no doubt , ere this you are ready to ask , " What amusements I would recommend . " I do not hesitate at once to observe , that young ...
Σελίδα 27
... stage . From that fatal evening they date their destruction . Then they threw off the restraints of education , and learnt to disregard the dictates of conscience . Then their decision , hitherto oscillating be- tween a life of virtue ...
... stage . From that fatal evening they date their destruction . Then they threw off the restraints of education , and learnt to disregard the dictates of conscience . Then their decision , hitherto oscillating be- tween a life of virtue ...
Σελίδα 28
... stage . It is an indubitable fact , that the stage has flourished most , in the most corrupt and depraved state of society ; and that in propor- tion as sound morality , industry , and religion advance their influence , the theatre is ...
... stage . It is an indubitable fact , that the stage has flourished most , in the most corrupt and depraved state of society ; and that in propor- tion as sound morality , industry , and religion advance their influence , the theatre is ...
Σελίδα 29
... stage ? Does it not ap- proach as near as can be to the general opinion of the whole moral world ? But let us examine the average character of those productions which are represented on the stage . If we go to Tragedy , we shall find ...
... stage ? Does it not ap- proach as near as can be to the general opinion of the whole moral world ? But let us examine the average character of those productions which are represented on the stage . If we go to Tragedy , we shall find ...
Σελίδα 30
... have seen such a favourite with the public on the stage ? Besides , how saturated are both tragedies and comedies with irreverend appeals to heaven , profane swear- ing , and all the arts of equivocation , and 30 THE CHRISTIAN FATHER'S.
... have seen such a favourite with the public on the stage ? Besides , how saturated are both tragedies and comedies with irreverend appeals to heaven , profane swear- ing , and all the arts of equivocation , and 30 THE CHRISTIAN FATHER'S.
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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.