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... law , the maid that had made any vow , was not fuffered to perform it , unlefs fhe had the parents confent , whofe right was thought of force enough to cancel and make void the obligation even of a vow ; which ought to be fo much ...
... law , the maid that had made any vow , was not fuffered to perform it , unlefs fhe had the parents confent , whofe right was thought of force enough to cancel and make void the obligation even of a vow ; which ought to be fo much ...
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... law : it may be of fome ufe to fee in what particulars they are obliged to obey without referve , and in what they ... law being given particularly to the Jews , and this being the general practice among them , it is not unreasonable to ...
... law : it may be of fome ufe to fee in what particulars they are obliged to obey without referve , and in what they ... law being given particularly to the Jews , and this being the general practice among them , it is not unreasonable to ...
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... law , or no , the custom was fuch , that it was feldom otherwife , and that not only among the Jews , but even among ... laws of Chriftian Emperors confirmed the opinion of the ancients , and the fentence of the church went along with ...
... law , or no , the custom was fuch , that it was feldom otherwife , and that not only among the Jews , but even among ... laws of Chriftian Emperors confirmed the opinion of the ancients , and the fentence of the church went along with ...
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... laws of the cient Greeks and Romans to parents over their childre Thofe laws that gave them power not only to fell the children for flaves , but even to put them to death , d doubtless impower to difpofe of them in marriage , a ...
... laws of the cient Greeks and Romans to parents over their childre Thofe laws that gave them power not only to fell the children for flaves , but even to put them to death , d doubtless impower to difpofe of them in marriage , a ...
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... laws and cuftoms allowed them greater liber- ties ; and therefore it is not altogether fair to urge the inftances and examples of thefe fort of people fo often in a Chriftian kingdom , for they might much more rea- fonably , becaufe ...
... laws and cuftoms allowed them greater liber- ties ; and therefore it is not altogether fair to urge the inftances and examples of thefe fort of people fo often in a Chriftian kingdom , for they might much more rea- fonably , becaufe ...
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Page 239 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Page 191 - Art; and he that has found a way, how to keep up a Child's Spirit, easy, active and free; and yet, at the same time, to restrain him from many things he has a Mind to, and to draw him to things that are uneasy to him; he, I say, that knows how to reconcile these seeming Contradictions, has, in my Opinion, got the true Secret of Education.
Page 181 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind. And the great principle and foundation of all virtue and worth is placed in this, that a man is able to deny himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best, though the appetite lean the other way.
Page 48 - In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands ; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behaviour of their wives ; beholding your chaste behaviour coupled with fear.
Page 208 - ... or governor's sight. If it be a prison to them, it is no wonder they should not like it. They must not be hindered from being children, or from playing, or doing as children ; but from doing ill. All other liberty is to be allowed them.
Page 189 - Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself, and his own conduct; and he that is a good, a virtuous, and able man, must be made so within. And therefore what he is to receive from education, what is to sway and influence his life, must be something put into him betimes; habits woven into the very principles of his nature; and not a counterfeit carriage, and dissembled outside, put on by fear, only to avoid the present anger of a father, who perhaps may disinherit him.
Page 188 - If therefore a strict hand be kept over children from the beginning, they will in that age be tractable, and quietly submit to it, as never having known any other...
Page 202 - ... it. For in many cases, all that we can do, or should aim at, is to make the best of what Nature has given; to prevent the Vices and Faults to which such a Constitution is most inclined, and give it all the Advantages it is capable of. Every one's Natural Genius should be carried as far as it could, but to Attempt the putting another upon him, will be but Labour in vain: And what is so Plaister'd on, will at best sit but untowardly, and have always hanging to it the Ungracefulness of Constraint...
Page 191 - To avoid the danger that is on either hand is the great art : and he that has found a way how to keep up a child's spirit, easy, active, and free; and yet, at the same time, to restrain him from many things he has a mind to, and to draw him to things that are uneasy to him ; he, I say, that knows how to reconcile these seeming contradictions, has, in my opinion, got the true secret of education.
Page 161 - I think I may say that of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education. 'Tis that which makes the great difference in mankind.