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 ...
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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...
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. White soft cover with black lettering and trim on front cover and spine, book neatly covered with clear contact paper, light creasing and soiling. Page edges lightly tanned and soiled. Binding tight, pages very clean, title page lightly soiled, previous owner ink stamping on title page is the only marking. 268 pages. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. Oversized or heavy books may require extra postage for priority or international shipment.
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Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 268pp. Minor wear and a touch of soiling to exterior. Aside from a short inscription in ink to first page, text clean. Binding sound.
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Fair. Full original leather. Scuffing/general age wear to boards. Splitting at hinges but boards are still attached. Foxing throughout, still readable. Over 500, 000 Internet Orders FIlled.
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Fair. Size: 4 x 6; FAIR/WITH NO JACKET, 268 pp. Text has foxing but unmarked except prior owner's name/address in ink on first page. Brown cloth boards with gold text on spine, and shows some wear around edges. Binding stitched and generally firm.
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New. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A 19th century Solomon imparts wisdom akin to the Proverbs. White soft cover with black lettering and trim on front cover and spine. 268 pages. This is a brand new book in original shrink wrap! Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. Oversized or heavy books may require extra postage for priority or international shipment.
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