A Sketch of My Friend's Family: Intended to Suggest Some Practical Hints on Religion and Domestic Mannersauthor; Vernon, Hood, and Sharpe; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 - Education - 134 pages |
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... morning till night , without being told that exercise is good for the health . We shall scarcely ever find one languid and miserable for want of something to employ him : every object is almost new to him , and therefore a perpetual ...
... morning till night , without being told that exercise is good for the health . We shall scarcely ever find one languid and miserable for want of something to employ him : every object is almost new to him , and therefore a perpetual ...
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... morning of life . " A pious mother or nurse , if she cannot edify the child under her care , may edify herself by repeating the Cradle Hymn ; and if , as soon as a child can speak , it must be taught to repeat something , one or two of ...
... morning of life . " A pious mother or nurse , if she cannot edify the child under her care , may edify herself by repeating the Cradle Hymn ; and if , as soon as a child can speak , it must be taught to repeat something , one or two of ...
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... morning dawn to the perfect day ; even the increase of their own bodily stature , all may be pointed out as lessons of patience to young children ; in their studies too , such lessons are useful , that they may not be discouraged with ...
... morning dawn to the perfect day ; even the increase of their own bodily stature , all may be pointed out as lessons of patience to young children ; in their studies too , such lessons are useful , that they may not be discouraged with ...
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... morning of their days without suffering pain and sickness : a re- membrance of this kind will lead one to do what he can for the relief of his poorer brethren : but these offices appear more * Charters . peculiarly destined to females ...
... morning of their days without suffering pain and sickness : a re- membrance of this kind will lead one to do what he can for the relief of his poorer brethren : but these offices appear more * Charters . peculiarly destined to females ...
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... up late , and of course the hours of the morning must be wasted in bed : one little month sweeps away the labour of six is this an unjust picture ? Who can say it has not truth in it ? How many lessons , fatal to their well doing , are 117.
... up late , and of course the hours of the morning must be wasted in bed : one little month sweeps away the labour of six is this an unjust picture ? Who can say it has not truth in it ? How many lessons , fatal to their well doing , are 117.
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