Mentor, or The moral conduct of youth from the academy to manhood. The youth's preceptor; or, The academy to manhood ... To which is added an essay on the extensive utility, advantages & amusement, of mathematical learning, etcSherwood, Neely&Jones, 1809 - 286 pages |
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... acquired such a complete ascendancy over me , that it has cost me much trouble to root it from my mind , weakened by sorrow , and deprived of its energies by vexation and grief . If , therefore , ingenuous youth ! you should ever ...
... acquired such a complete ascendancy over me , that it has cost me much trouble to root it from my mind , weakened by sorrow , and deprived of its energies by vexation and grief . If , therefore , ingenuous youth ! you should ever ...
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... acquired , For what profiteth it a man if he gain the whole world , and lose his own soul ? The sense of dishonesty will haunt you , sleep- ing or waking ; it will disturb your mind in dreams , and in the festive hour . If no other ar ...
... acquired , For what profiteth it a man if he gain the whole world , and lose his own soul ? The sense of dishonesty will haunt you , sleep- ing or waking ; it will disturb your mind in dreams , and in the festive hour . If no other ar ...
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... acquired from nothing , is to build castles in the air ; but no trifle is so small that will not serve for a foundation . He that has one shilling , may , with more ease , increase it to five , than he procure a penny who is not master ...
... acquired from nothing , is to build castles in the air ; but no trifle is so small that will not serve for a foundation . He that has one shilling , may , with more ease , increase it to five , than he procure a penny who is not master ...
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... naturally inspire in the moments of innocent conviviality . To acquire the ability to do this as we advance in life , it appears to me to be worth practising the F 3 , most most rigid frugality when young , till , by our MENTOR . 77.
... naturally inspire in the moments of innocent conviviality . To acquire the ability to do this as we advance in life , it appears to me to be worth practising the F 3 , most most rigid frugality when young , till , by our MENTOR . 77.
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... acquire a flow of spirits which the slothful can never feel , much less enjoy - for man , by the constitution of his frame , was evidently born to labour , and to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow , that the health of his body ...
... acquire a flow of spirits which the slothful can never feel , much less enjoy - for man , by the constitution of his frame , was evidently born to labour , and to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow , that the health of his body ...
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Mentor, Or, the Moral Conductor of Youth: From the Academy to Manhood ... David Morrice No preview available - 2016 |
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