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Page 13
... interest . It pro- duces uniformity of motive , of sentiment , and ac- tion . It is the parent of peace . This is the bond which to the British Christian renders America a second native land . Whatever he has found of holy aim and ...
... interest . It pro- duces uniformity of motive , of sentiment , and ac- tion . It is the parent of peace . This is the bond which to the British Christian renders America a second native land . Whatever he has found of holy aim and ...
Page 23
... interest , from one who numbered amongst her early and valued friends , J. M. Mason , D.D. , and his young friend Bruen , who acted as the keys to open Society's gate for her . One whose attention has been directed as much to the ...
... interest , from one who numbered amongst her early and valued friends , J. M. Mason , D.D. , and his young friend Bruen , who acted as the keys to open Society's gate for her . One whose attention has been directed as much to the ...
Page 25
... interest ? English children in the presence of strangers are reserved and shy . They feel that the nursery and school - room are their proper spheres of action , and that they are only brought out at times , as it were , to be shown to ...
... interest ? English children in the presence of strangers are reserved and shy . They feel that the nursery and school - room are their proper spheres of action , and that they are only brought out at times , as it were , to be shown to ...
Page 38
... these should be the all of education which excites an interest , is an unsound and unsafe state of things . I am not a judge of how much may be enjoyed by Americans in such matters , being myself used to the 38 THE CHILDREN .
... these should be the all of education which excites an interest , is an unsound and unsafe state of things . I am not a judge of how much may be enjoyed by Americans in such matters , being myself used to the 38 THE CHILDREN .
Page 59
... interest in what he is engaged about . A selection of these things might form a curious and character- istic publication , letting one into the very heart and spring of the national character . The stanza or two here presented are only ...
... interest in what he is engaged about . A selection of these things might form a curious and character- istic publication , letting one into the very heart and spring of the national character . The stanza or two here presented are only ...
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