Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young: Or, The Principles on which a Firm Parental Authority May be Established and Maintained |
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... interests of her child , may say that , after all , it is better that she should endure this temporary suffering than not be saved from the sin . This is true . But if she can be saved just as effectually without it , it is better still ...
... interests of her child , may say that , after all , it is better that she should endure this temporary suffering than not be saved from the sin . This is true . But if she can be saved just as effectually without it , it is better still ...
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... interest with which he was so often and so busily engaged , there can , of course , be nothing which can really assuage her overwhelming grief ; but it will make a vital difference in the character of this grief , whether the image of ...
... interest with which he was so often and so busily engaged , there can , of course , be nothing which can really assuage her overwhelming grief ; but it will make a vital difference in the character of this grief , whether the image of ...
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... interest in helping Eg- bert about his fishing - tackle , and did all in his power in other ways to establish friendly relations with him , and at length they set out . They walked a little distance down what was in the winter a wood ...
... interest in helping Eg- bert about his fishing - tackle , and did all in his power in other ways to establish friendly relations with him , and at length they set out . They walked a little distance down what was in the winter a wood ...
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... interest in curing himself of the fault ; it makes the punishment more effectual ; and it removes almost all pos- sibility of its producing any irritation or resentment in his mind . To illustrate this we will give a case . It is of no ...
... interest in curing himself of the fault ; it makes the punishment more effectual ; and it removes almost all pos- sibility of its producing any irritation or resentment in his mind . To illustrate this we will give a case . It is of no ...
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... interest in so useful a work , and even , perhaps , scolds him , and threatens him for not loving study . “ If you don't learn to read , " she says to him , in a tone of irritation and displeasure , " you will grow up a dunce , and ...
... interest in so useful a work , and even , perhaps , scolds him , and threatens him for not loving study . “ If you don't learn to read , " she says to him , in a tone of irritation and displeasure , " you will grow up a dunce , and ...
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