The Governess: Or, The Young Female AcademyO. D. Cooke & Company Hartford, 1827 - 222 pages |
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... pleased the Father of mercies , during one period of her life , to exercise this ex- cellent person with many severe trials , no doubt in order to bring her the nearer to himself . Mr. Teachum was a truly pious man , and had great ...
... pleased the Father of mercies , during one period of her life , to exercise this ex- cellent person with many severe trials , no doubt in order to bring her the nearer to himself . Mr. Teachum was a truly pious man , and had great ...
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... pleased her heavenly Father to exercise her were not yet at an end ; nor was the work which he meant to bring about by these afflic- tions as yet fully accomplished : the gold was not yet sufficiently refined from the dross . The ...
... pleased her heavenly Father to exercise her were not yet at an end ; nor was the work which he meant to bring about by these afflic- tions as yet fully accomplished : the gold was not yet sufficiently refined from the dross . The ...
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... pleased with the proposal , thinking that if she could by any means become an humble instrument of usefulness in the hands of God , she might in some degree possess again that cheerfulness of which affliction had deprived her , and ...
... pleased with the proposal , thinking that if she could by any means become an humble instrument of usefulness in the hands of God , she might in some degree possess again that cheerfulness of which affliction had deprived her , and ...
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... pleased God to give her any children , she made it the whole study of her life to promote their welfare ; for which purpose she early led them to the knowledge of our holy religion , and pointed them to that dear Saviour , in union with ...
... pleased God to give her any children , she made it the whole study of her life to promote their welfare ; for which purpose she early led them to the knowledge of our holy religion , and pointed them to that dear Saviour , in union with ...
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... pleased to allow them from school in the little arbour , either in reading stories , or in such other things as she might think a proper and innocent amusement . : Mrs. Teachum not only allowed this , but very much approved of the ...
... pleased to allow them from school in the little arbour , either in reading stories , or in such other things as she might think a proper and innocent amusement . : Mrs. Teachum not only allowed this , but very much approved of the ...
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Popular passages
Page 4 - I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Page 19 - My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace ; which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer.
Page 78 - For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little...
Page 25 - Look at the generations of old, and see : did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded ? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken ? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him...
Page 31 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 97 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 189 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever bclieveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Page 169 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.
Page 161 - Adam might learn to mount up with wings as eagles; to run and not be weary; to walk and not faint.
Page 9 - Miss Sukey Jennett, Miss Dolly Friendly, Miss Lucy Sly, Miss Patty Locket, Miss Nancy Spruce, Miss Betty Ford, Miss Henny Fret, and Miss Polly Suckling. The eldest of these was sixteen years old, and neither of the others had yet attained her fifteenth year.