The Christian Father's Present to His Children, Τόμος 2Jonathan Leavitt, 1827 |
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Σελίδα 14
... virtue or vice , embodied in a fact , has inconceivably more power over the mind , than the same character exhibited by the most ex- traordinary genius in a fiction . While reading the latter , we may have been deeply affected , we may ...
... virtue or vice , embodied in a fact , has inconceivably more power over the mind , than the same character exhibited by the most ex- traordinary genius in a fiction . While reading the latter , we may have been deeply affected , we may ...
Σελίδα 21
... virtue , and expose the character to the en- croachments of vice . And if it were c conceded , which it certainly cannot be , that no immoral consequence results to those who occupy the upper walks of life , who are protected by the ...
... virtue , and expose the character to the en- croachments of vice . And if it were c conceded , which it certainly cannot be , that no immoral consequence results to those who occupy the upper walks of life , who are protected by the ...
Σελίδα 22
... virtue on the night that followed the dance , was found , a few hours after , mur- dered either by her seducer or herself . Have nothing to do then with this fascinating , though injurious species of amusement . Besides , what an ...
... virtue on the night that followed the dance , was found , a few hours after , mur- dered either by her seducer or herself . Have nothing to do then with this fascinating , though injurious species of amusement . Besides , what an ...
Σελίδα 27
... virtue and of vice , was made up for the latter . But I will attempt to support by argument and facts these strong assertions . The stage cannot be defended as an amuse- ment for the proper end of an amusement is to recreate without ...
... virtue and of vice , was made up for the latter . But I will attempt to support by argument and facts these strong assertions . The stage cannot be defended as an amuse- ment for the proper end of an amusement is to recreate without ...
Σελίδα 28
... virtue and talents which ever appeared upon the hemisphere of philosophy , have all denounced the theatre as a most abundant source of moral pollution , and assure us that both Greece and Rome had their ruin accelerated by a fatal ...
... virtue and talents which ever appeared upon the hemisphere of philosophy , have all denounced the theatre as a most abundant source of moral pollution , and assure us that both Greece and Rome had their ruin accelerated by a fatal ...
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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.