The Young Man's GuideLilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden., 1834 - 303 стор. |
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... give a knowledge of this branch . 4. Chemistry , and other Natural Sciences . Usefulness of Chem- istry . 5. Grammar and Composition . One method of obtaining a practical knowledge of these branches . 6. Letter writing . 7. Reading of ...
... give a knowledge of this branch . 4. Chemistry , and other Natural Sciences . Usefulness of Chem- istry . 5. Grammar and Composition . One method of obtaining a practical knowledge of these branches . 6. Letter writing . 7. Reading of ...
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... give advice , and for a long time manifests little or no sympathy with his child , that the habit of filial reliance and con- fidence is destroyed . In fact there are very few children indeed , however improperly managed , who do not in ...
... give advice , and for a long time manifests little or no sympathy with his child , that the habit of filial reliance and con- fidence is destroyed . In fact there are very few children indeed , however improperly managed , who do not in ...
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... give a parent more pleasure than to see his children , in their earliest years , enjoying that flow of spirits , which leads them forth to active , vigorous , blood - stirring sports . Of all persons living , he who does not remember ...
... give a parent more pleasure than to see his children , in their earliest years , enjoying that flow of spirits , which leads them forth to active , vigorous , blood - stirring sports . Of all persons living , he who does not remember ...
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... gives him up as heedless , perhaps as obstinate . If advice is afterwards asked , his man- ners are cold and repulsive . Or perhaps he frowns him away , telling him he never follows his advice , and therefore it is useless to give it ...
... gives him up as heedless , perhaps as obstinate . If advice is afterwards asked , his man- ners are cold and repulsive . Or perhaps he frowns him away , telling him he never follows his advice , and therefore it is useless to give it ...
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... give . Common sense , as well as the Scripture , says , ' It is more blessed to give than to receive . ' Remem- ber that as you advance in years you are bound to avoid falling into the very errors which , ' out of your own mouth ' you ...
... give . Common sense , as well as the Scripture , says , ' It is more blessed to give than to receive . ' Remem- ber that as you advance in years you are bound to avoid falling into the very errors which , ' out of your own mouth ' you ...
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Сторінка 49 - And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice ; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Сторінка 73 - I did he had never done, and never could do. Before my promotion, a clerk was wanted to make out the morning report of the regiment. I rendered the clerk unnecessary; and long before any other man was dressed for the parade, my work for the morning was all done, and I myself was on the parade, walking, in fine weather, for an hour perhaps.
Сторінка 74 - ... before me, ready to hang by my side. Then I ate a bit of cheese, or pork, and bread. Then I prepared my report, which was filled up as fast as the companies brought me in the materials. After this I had an hour or two to read, before the time came for any duty out of doors, unless when the regiment or part of it went out to exercise in the morning. When this was the case, and the matter...
Сторінка 73 - To this, more than to any other thing, I owed my very extraordinary promotion in the army. I was always ready: if I had to mount guard at ten, I was ready at nine: never did any man, or any thing, wait one moment for me. Being, at an age under twenty years, raised from Corporal to...
Сторінка 164 - Although it is said of plays, that they teach morality ; and of the Stage, that it is the mirror of human life : these assertions are mere declamation, and have no foundation in truth or experience : on the contrary, a Playhouse, and the regions about it, are the very hot-beds of vice.
Сторінка 265 - Upon which he withdrew, as soon as was consistent with the rules of politeness, resolved never to think more of a girl who possessed a needle only in partnership, and who, it appeared, was not too well informed as to the place where even that share was deposited.
Сторінка 83 - I observed that men in a passion always spake aloud ; and I thought if I could control my voice, I should repress my passion. I have, therefore, made it a rule, never to let my voice rise above a certain key ; and by...
Сторінка 14 - He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old ; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young.
Сторінка 159 - It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his species.
Сторінка 265 - It was a story in Philadelphia, some years ago, that a young man, who was courting one of three sisters, happened to be on a visit to her, when all the three were present, and when one said to the others, " I wonder where our needle is.