 | Rachel Hunter - 1803 - 234 páginas
...your improvement. "' Mifs Wentworth,' faid Ihe to me, * poflefles all thofe powers of underftanding, all thofe qualities of mind, which the moft enlightened...me to charge myfelf with a pupil, from whom I can expect nothing but vexation and difgrace, unlefs a fpeedy reformation can be efFefted: but I know the... | |
 | 1811 - 386 páginas
...tine one, and timreaten to lay waste and corrupt the other-. No interest impels me to charge myself with a pupil, from whom I can expert nothing but vexation and disgrace, unless a speedy reformation cain be effl¿cted; but I know time extreme and mistaken fondness... | |
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all thofe qualities of mind, which the moft enlightened parent would covet for a child. But indolence, mental and bodily indolence, deprefs the one, and threaten to lay wafte and corrupt the other. No intereft impels me to charge myfelf with a pupil,... 