The Blossoms of Morality / Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies and Gentlemen
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The Blossoms of Morality by M. Berquin and R. Johnson is a manual on etiquette for young women and young men during the early 19th century. "THE faint glimmerings of the pale-faced moon on the troubled billows of the ocean are not so fleeting and inconstant as the fortune and condition of human life. We one day bask in the sunshine of prosperity, and the next, too often, roll in anguish on the thorny bed of adversity and affliction. To be neither too fond of prosperity, nor too much afraid of adversity, is one of the most useful lessons we have to learn and practice in the extensive commerce o...
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- THE BLOSSOMS OF MORALITY;
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- Ernestus and Fragilis.
- Juvenile Tyranny conquered.
- The Book of Nature.
- The Unexpected Reformation.
- The Recompence of Virtue.
- The Pleasures of Contentment.
- The happy Effects of Sunday Schools on the Morals of the rising Generation.
- The Happy Villager.
- The Indolent Beauty.
- An Oriental Tale.
- Generosity rewarded.
- An Evening Vision.
- The Anxieties of Royalty.
- The Generous Punishment.
- Female Courage properly considered.
- The beautiful Statue.
- Dorcas and Amarillis.
- The Conversation.
- Dr. Chamberlaine.
- Madam Lenox.
- Sir John Chesterfield.
- Lady Heathcote.
- Dr. Sterne.
- Edwin and Matilda.
- The pious Hermit.
- The Caprice of Fortune.
- The melancholy Effects of Pride.
- The Nettle and the Rose.
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