The Youth's Companion and CounsellorWilliam Chambers W. & R. Chambers, 1858 - 350 páginas |
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... possessed of animal senses , wants , propensities , instincts - that is to say , we need to eat , drink , sleep , take exercise , and pursue other desires which are natural to our system . Second : The mind or sentient and immortal part ...
... possessed of animal senses , wants , propensities , instincts - that is to say , we need to eat , drink , sleep , take exercise , and pursue other desires which are natural to our system . Second : The mind or sentient and immortal part ...
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... possess these acquirements , and yet for any good purpose be ignorant . If he makes not a suitable use of his qualifications - if he fails to make them the basis on which to raise a structure of intelligence - of what avail are they ...
... possess these acquirements , and yet for any good purpose be ignorant . If he makes not a suitable use of his qualifications - if he fails to make them the basis on which to raise a structure of intelligence - of what avail are they ...
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... possesses so flowing and legible a style of penmanship as the English , in which respect , however , they are equalled by the Anglo- Americans . A good hand is esteemed one of the primary qualifications in a house of business or public ...
... possesses so flowing and legible a style of penmanship as the English , in which respect , however , they are equalled by the Anglo- Americans . A good hand is esteemed one of the primary qualifications in a house of business or public ...
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... possess a proper knowledge of astronomy without being acquainted with algebra and the higher branches of mathematics ... possessing a command of suitable books , the mind may be stored with a knowledge of geography without much school ...
... possess a proper knowledge of astronomy without being acquainted with algebra and the higher branches of mathematics ... possessing a command of suitable books , the mind may be stored with a knowledge of geography without much school ...
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... possess , if his know- ledge extended only to his vernacular tongue . The numerous allusions in current literature to the mythology and heroes and heroines of ancient writers , may be allowed to form another reason why a liberal ...
... possess , if his know- ledge extended only to his vernacular tongue . The numerous allusions in current literature to the mythology and heroes and heroines of ancient writers , may be allowed to form another reason why a liberal ...
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Página 262 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Página 315 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;" being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for the want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!
Página 67 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Página 319 - We are offered, by the terms of this sale, six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah, think what you do when you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor; you will be in fear when you speak to him, you will make poor pitiful sneaking excuses, and by degrees come to lose your veracity, and sink...
Página 263 - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Página 317 - You call them goods; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you. Remember what Poor Richard says; buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.
Página 113 - This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.
Página 262 - I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Página 313 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the Stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. — How much more than is necessary do we spend in Sleep! forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches no Poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says.
Página 263 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...