“feel that it had not been the most direful mistake in his plan of education. Something must have been wanting within, or… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
“but his cares had been directed to the understanding and manners, not the disposition; and of the necessity of self-denial and humility,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“that they had never been properly taught to govern their inclinations and tempers, by that sense of duty which can alone suffice.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“He had meant them to be good, but his cares had been directed to the understanding and manners, not the disposition; and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“To be distinguished for elegance and accomplishments—the authorised object of their youth—could have had no useful influence that way, no moral effect… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image