The young lady's friend, by a lady [E.W. Farrar].American Stationers' Company, 1837 - 432 էջ |
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... Exercise . - Cold Extremities . - The Lungs . - Digestion.- Food . - Drink.- Fasting the best Cure . - Constipation.- Tight Lacing . - Tight Shoes CHAPTER VIII . BEHAVIOUR TO PARENTS AND THEIR FRIENDS . Irreverence common . - Beauty of ...
... Exercise . - Cold Extremities . - The Lungs . - Digestion.- Food . - Drink.- Fasting the best Cure . - Constipation.- Tight Lacing . - Tight Shoes CHAPTER VIII . BEHAVIOUR TO PARENTS AND THEIR FRIENDS . Irreverence common . - Beauty of ...
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... Applications for Aid . - Study of History . - Exercise in Com- position . - British Poets . - Sentiment and Morality . - Con- clusion Page . 217 227 234 239 THE YOUNG LADY'S FRIEND . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . THE viii CONTENTS .
... Applications for Aid . - Study of History . - Exercise in Com- position . - British Poets . - Sentiment and Morality . - Con- clusion Page . 217 227 234 239 THE YOUNG LADY'S FRIEND . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION . THE viii CONTENTS .
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... exercises ; they lay the foundation , on which she must be ever after building . Miss Edgeworth has done much , in her admirable writings for the young , to inculcate this idea , that edu- cation must continue all through life . In her ...
... exercises ; they lay the foundation , on which she must be ever after building . Miss Edgeworth has done much , in her admirable writings for the young , to inculcate this idea , that edu- cation must continue all through life . In her ...
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... exercise will warm you better than the parlour - fire . In summer , again , no less time is consumed in lamenting that it is so warm , and in lounging idly about , undressing several times a day in order to cool , lying down in the ...
... exercise will warm you better than the parlour - fire . In summer , again , no less time is consumed in lamenting that it is so warm , and in lounging idly about , undressing several times a day in order to cool , lying down in the ...
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... exercise in the open air , for visits of ceremony , and visits to the poor ; for family intercourse , for serious and light reading , for needle - work and accomplishments ; nothing need be left undone for want of time , if you only ...
... exercise in the open air , for visits of ceremony , and visits to the poor ; for family intercourse , for serious and light reading , for needle - work and accomplishments ; nothing need be left undone for want of time , if you only ...
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Էջ 11 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 198 - Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none on earth, that I desire, in comparison of Thee.
Էջ 97 - Let it not be said, that knowledge of this description is superfluous to the unprofessional reader ; for society groans under the load of suffering inflicted by causes susceptible of removal, but left in operation in consequence of our unacquaintance with our own structure, and with the relations of the different parts of the system to each other and to external objects.
Էջ 147 - ... engagement, of which their sisters were the charm ; they have refrained from mixing with the impure, because they would not bring home thoughts and feelings which they could not share' with those trusting and loving friends ; they have put aside the wine-cup and abstained from stronger potations, because they would not profane with their fumes the holy kiss, with which they were accustomed to bid their sisters good night.
Էջ 12 - A friend of mine, going to consult her dentist, found in his parlour an elderly lady waiting to be operated upon, and turning the odd minutes to account by stitching away upon a wristband she had brought with her for the purpose. This was not only good economy of time, but an excellent sedative for the nerves, and must have rendered less tedious and irksome the time she was obliged to wait. To sleep a greater number of hours than is necessary for rest and refreshment is a voluntary and wanton abridgment...
Էջ 207 - Think, too, of a rule prescribing the expression of the countenance and topics of conversation ! The following instructions are given in regard to the deportment at table : " When fairly seated in the right place, spread your napkin in your lap to protect your dress from accident ; take off your gloves, and put them in your lap under the napkin [!] If soup is helped first, take some, whether you like it or not ; because, if you do not, you alone may be unemployed, or else the regular progress of...