The Philanthropist: Or, Selfishness and Benevolence IllustratedWilliam Ball, 1836 - 389 pages |
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... wishes . The eldest Miss S. is to be married in a month to a gentleman of consi- derable fortune ; she is therefore desirous chiefly to serve the person who may be her successor , and cares little for pecuniary compensation . " " But ...
... wishes . The eldest Miss S. is to be married in a month to a gentleman of consi- derable fortune ; she is therefore desirous chiefly to serve the person who may be her successor , and cares little for pecuniary compensation . " " But ...
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... wish to communicate to my old , and more than ever endeared , friend . " The emphasis and emotion with which this observa- tion was made , excited Mr. D'Arcy's hopes that it re- ferred to the effects of their intercourse in removing the ...
... wish to communicate to my old , and more than ever endeared , friend . " The emphasis and emotion with which this observa- tion was made , excited Mr. D'Arcy's hopes that it re- ferred to the effects of their intercourse in removing the ...
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... wish to see them , mamma , you must change your day ; for , if you recollect , when you re- ferred to their coming , they said particularly they could not go out on Friday , as they expect George , who has been absent so long on a ...
... wish to see them , mamma , you must change your day ; for , if you recollect , when you re- ferred to their coming , they said particularly they could not go out on Friday , as they expect George , who has been absent so long on a ...
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... wish not to get his thanks , but to promote his hap- piness . Some months afterwards , however , when busi- ness called him to town , he heard of it , and rejoiced in his daughter's delicate kindness . What this business was , it will ...
... wish not to get his thanks , but to promote his hap- piness . Some months afterwards , however , when busi- ness called him to town , he heard of it , and rejoiced in his daughter's delicate kindness . What this business was , it will ...
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... wishes , that he should leave the army ; but before he could complete his arrangements , the regiment was sud- denly ordered upon foreign service - and he thought his character involved in repairing to his post . During a tedious voyage ...
... wishes , that he should leave the army ; but before he could complete his arrangements , the regiment was sud- denly ordered upon foreign service - and he thought his character involved in repairing to his post . During a tedious voyage ...
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Popular passages
Page 81 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 140 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.
Page 100 - Inasmuch as ye have not done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have not done it unto me...
Page 305 - Christian golden rule, of doing to others, as we would they should do to us, has been urged as an unanswerable argument against holding slaves.
Page 110 - He expressly lays down the golden rule, of doing to others as we would they should do unto us...
Page 150 - Hearken, my dearest brethren ; hath not. God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him ? 6 But you have .dishonoured the poor man.
Page 123 - It is a regulator both of our animal and moral feelings, and, aided by intellect, it serves to point out the limits which they must not pass. It desires to do to others as we would have them to do to us...
Page iii - Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives ; She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each breast a little heaven.
Page 275 - When it becomes the universal rule, ' Do unto others as ye would others should do unto you' all laws will be benevolent, and all subjects obedient.