Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Letters on practical subjects, to a Daughter. Second edition
Author: William Buell SPRAGUEPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230369600
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Languages : en
Pages : 64
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... LETTERS ON PRACTICAL SUBJECTS. LETTER I. INTRODUCTORY. My Dear Child, -- It is for the heart of the parent alone, adequately to conceive of the tender responsibilities that belong to the parental relation. It is impossible, if he have the feelings of a man; --much more of a Christian, --that he should contemplate a beloved child coming forward into life, and beginning a career for eternity, without agitating in his own bosom the question, what the probable condition of that child may be in the future stages of existence? And, if I mistake not, there are some special reasons why the solicitude of a parent should be awakened by contemplating the condition of a daughter during the critical period to which I have referred. In addition to all the other circumstances which render her an object of deep interest, and in which she shares in common with children of the other sex, she is, in a higher degree than they, dependent on parental aid: there is a sort of natural defencelessness in her condition, independently of the fostering care of those from whom under God she received her being, that makes an appeal to a parent's heart, which, if it be not a heart of stone, he will strive in vain to resist. If I should say that the common feelings of parental solicitude have something to do in dictating the plan of addressing the following letters to you, I should certainly tell you the truth, but not the whole truth; for your circumstances, though by no means peculiar to yourself, have been pre-eminently fitted to give you a high place not only in the affections but the sympathies of your father. It was my lot, in the wise but mysterious providence of God, to see your mother taken from you at an age when you were incapable of estimating her affection...
Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
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Category : Conduct of life
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Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN: 9781104141578
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Languages : en
Pages : 216
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter
Author: William B. SpraguePublisher:
ISBN: 9780873771924
Category : Religion
Languages : en
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Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter
Author: William Buell SpraguePublisher:
ISBN: 9781594421112
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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A 19th C Solomon imparts wisdom akin to the Proverbs.
The Quarterly Christian Spectator
Author: Finding List of the Free Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York
Author: General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Free LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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