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Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, by Mrs. Chapone. a Father's Legacy to His Daughter, by Dr. Gregory. a Mother's Advice to Her Absent
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind by Mrs Chapone a Father's Legacy to His Daughter by Dr Gregory a Mother's Advice to Her Absent Author:Hester Chapone Title: Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, by Mrs. Chapone. a Father's Legacy to His Daughter, by Dr. Gregory. a Mother's Advice to Her Absent Daughters, by Lady Pennington General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1821 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there ma... more »y be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Adieu! my beloved Niece ! -- If the feelings of your heart, whilst you read my Letters, correspond with those of mine, whilst I write them, I shall not be without the advantage of your partial affection, to give weight to my advice: for, believe me, my own dear girl, my heart and eyes overflow with tenderness while I tell you, with how warm and earnest prayers for your happiness here, and hereafter, I subscribe myself your faithful friend, and most affectionate Auxt. LETTER II. ON THE STUDY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. I vow proceed to give my dear Niece some short sketches of the matter contained in the different books of the Bible, and of the course in which they ought to be read. The first book, Genesis, contains the most grand, and, to us, the most interesting events t!iat ever happened in the universe: -- The creation of the world, and of man: -- The deplorable fall of man, from his first state of excellence and bliss, to the distressed condition in which we see all his descendants continue: -- The sentence of death pronounced on Adam, and on all his race; with the reviving promise of that deliverance which has since been wrought for us by our blessed Saviour: -- The account of the early stage of the world : -- uOf the universal deluge: -- The division of mankind into different nations and languages: -- The story of Abraham, the founder of the Jewish peopie; whose unshaken faith and obedience, under the severest trial that hu...« less