The Blade and the Ear: a Book for Young MenW. P. Nimmo, 1865 - 224 pagina's |
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Pagina 114
... Woman , " as an author well says , " educates man in that most essential , but most neglected part of his nature , the instincts . Good women seldom fail here . Full of intuitive perceptions themselves ; alive in thought , will , and ...
... Woman , " as an author well says , " educates man in that most essential , but most neglected part of his nature , the instincts . Good women seldom fail here . Full of intuitive perceptions themselves ; alive in thought , will , and ...
Pagina 115
... woman is sometimes of service to man , and her society is occasionally desirable , yet here she is not needed ; at this point of our life , we can dispense with her presence . We regard all institutions , whose plan and purpose is to ...
... woman is sometimes of service to man , and her society is occasionally desirable , yet here she is not needed ; at this point of our life , we can dispense with her presence . We regard all institutions , whose plan and purpose is to ...
Pagina 118
... woman . It is her gift to inspire in us gentleness and refinement ; and , if we seek these qualities for ourselves , we shall find them usually with her . Treat women never with rudeness , but always with studied respect , and you ...
... woman . It is her gift to inspire in us gentleness and refinement ; and , if we seek these qualities for ourselves , we shall find them usually with her . Treat women never with rudeness , but always with studied respect , and you ...
Pagina 119
... woman only from necessity , or from chance or custom . They leave her presence as they came ; and ask , perhaps , to what purpose they should ever again seek it . Some do not honour her in their heart ; and , if they stop short of evil ...
... woman only from necessity , or from chance or custom . They leave her presence as they came ; and ask , perhaps , to what purpose they should ever again seek it . Some do not honour her in their heart ; and , if they stop short of evil ...
Pagina 120
... woman prompts one , while with her , to be honest and truthful . He must be blind indeed , who thinks he can easily deceive her keen vision . Let him , who would carry impure thoughts to her society , know that she has a hidden strength ...
... woman prompts one , while with her , to be honest and truthful . He must be blind indeed , who thinks he can easily deceive her keen vision . Let him , who would carry impure thoughts to her society , know that she has a hidden strength ...
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Pagina 13 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Pagina 155 - I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Pagina 145 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Pagina 102 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard -table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Pagina 9 - This elegant and useful Series of Books has been specially prepared for School and College Prizes : they are, however, equally suitable for General Presentation. In selecting the works for this Series, the aim of the Publisher has been to produce books of a permanent value, interesting in...
Pagina 19 - LIFE IN HEAVEN. THERE, FAITH is CHANGED INTO SIGHT, AND HOPE is PASSED INTO BLISSFUL, FRUITION.
Pagina 130 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Pagina 100 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Pagina 155 - And there was the hiding of his power. Before him went the pestilence, And burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills did bow: His ways are everlasting.
Pagina 18 - ... describe what heaven Is, as shown by the light of reason and Scripture; and we promise the reader many charming pictures of heavenly bliss, founded upon undeniable authority, and described with the pen of a dramatist, which cannot fail to elevate the soul as well as to delight the imagination. Part Second proves, in a manner as beautiful as it is convincing, the DOCTRINE OF THE RECOGNITION OF FRIENDS IN HEAVEN, — a subject of which the author makes much, introducing many touching scenes of...