Physiology for young ladies1843 - 120 էջ |
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... thoughts to some perfection rise , A wisdom - lover , willing to be wise . " MRS . F. The Creator has made man a moral , reasonable , and responsible being : he has given him a con- science to understand morality , and an intellect to ...
... thoughts to some perfection rise , A wisdom - lover , willing to be wise . " MRS . F. The Creator has made man a moral , reasonable , and responsible being : he has given him a con- science to understand morality , and an intellect to ...
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... thought I could never tire of walking among them , and imagined I was able to walk as long as Edith did . MRS . F. You remember , however , that I insisted on having the pony with us , and before you had walked half a quarter of a mile ...
... thought I could never tire of walking among them , and imagined I was able to walk as long as Edith did . MRS . F. You remember , however , that I insisted on having the pony with us , and before you had walked half a quarter of a mile ...
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... thought that whatever may be the constitution of the mind , grave or gay , light or solid , it is equally necessary that it should be acquainted with the laws that govern the body : health being of equal importance to all ages , all ...
... thought that whatever may be the constitution of the mind , grave or gay , light or solid , it is equally necessary that it should be acquainted with the laws that govern the body : health being of equal importance to all ages , all ...
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... thought this was greatly the cause of the blindness that prevails in that city , and I have no doubt she reasoned wisely . She said , to remedy this evil , when she took a baby to be christened , she was careful to wipe and rub the head ...
... thought this was greatly the cause of the blindness that prevails in that city , and I have no doubt she reasoned wisely . She said , to remedy this evil , when she took a baby to be christened , she was careful to wipe and rub the head ...
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... thought it improper for young girls . EDITH . How could you think of talking of anything sensi- ble or serious , to poor Miss Smith ? As Shakspeare says , " We call a nettle but a nettle , and the faults of fools but folly . " I should ...
... thought it improper for young girls . EDITH . How could you think of talking of anything sensi- ble or serious , to poor Miss Smith ? As Shakspeare says , " We call a nettle but a nettle , and the faults of fools but folly . " I should ...
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Էջ 71 - Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Էջ 28 - Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven, When drooping health and spirits go amiss ? How tasteless then whatever can be given? Health is the vital principle of bliss, And exercise, of health.
Էջ 138 - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Էջ 42 - Unclogg'd the body, unobscured the mind : The morning rises gay, with pleasing stealth, The temperate evening falls serene and kind. In health the wiser brutes true gladness find. See how the younglings frisk along the meads, As May...
Էջ 26 - Female dress errs in one important particular, even when unexceptionable in material and quantity. From the tightness with which it is made to fit on the upper part of the body, not only is the insensible perspiration injudiciously and hurtfully confined, but that free play between the dress and the skin, which is so beneficial in gently stimulating the latter by friction at every movement of the body, is altogether prevented...
Էջ 77 - Accordingly, no fact in medicine is better established than that which proves the hereditary transmission from parents to children of a constitutional liability to pulmonary disease, and especially to consumption; yet no condition is less attended to in forming matrimonial engagements. The children of scrofulous and consumptive parents are generally precocious, and their minds being early matured, they engage early in the business of life, and often enter the married state before their bodily frame...
Էջ 86 - George was the first that entered; and, the place being crammed full with offenders, the atmosphere soon became pestilentially close. The poor boy in vain shrieked that he was about to be suffocated. At last, in despair, he bit the lad next to him violently in the hand. 'Crabbe is dying — Crabbe is dying...
Էջ 5 - Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on...
Էջ 120 - He had valuable gifts, perfected by two years' academic, four years' collegiate, and three years' theological studies. He preached, gave much promise, and then died of a stomach disease. He contracted it when a student. He did not alternate bodily with mental labour, or he had lived and been a blessing to the church. When he entered on his studies, he was growing into full size and strength. He sat down till his muscles dwindled, his digestion became disordered, his chest contracted, his lungs_ congested,...