Letters on Practical Subjects, from a Clergyman of New-England, to His Daughter |
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Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page ii - An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 129 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 81 - ... in this way, you may save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins ? I will only detain you farther on this subject with one word relative to religious controversy. I...
Page 19 - Though you should be placed in a station which might command all the conveniences and assistance which opulence can furnish, you will never feel at home in your own house, if you have not gained that practical knowledge, which shall enable you to keep your house in order. You cannot realize half the value of your domestic aid, unless you are capable of exercising...
Page 112 - But of this you can have no assurance : and the only conclusion which analogy warrants is, that you will probably not reach an advanced period. And need I say that even now some of your last moments may be on the wing ? Has the improvement of your past life been such that you can review it with peace and approbation...
Page 110 - Make it a rule, therefore, never to allow yourself to be idle, when your health and circumstances will permit you to be active. If you once form an industrious habit, you will never afterwards be able to content yourself in a state of inactivity; and on the other hand, if you begin life with a habit of indolence, you will probably never after acquire a relish for vigorous exertion.
Page 106 - The apostle has beautifully described it in few words, as a disposition which leads us not to think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think.
Page 113 - the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath," but that extensive sect of sacred mummers still cling tenaciously to the interdicted dogma.
Page 91 - Solomon says, that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh...