The mother and son are beyond the reach of human applause, but the bright example of paternal and filial excellence which their conduct furnishes cannot but produce the most salutary effects upon our countrymen.
That George owed more to faithful maternal example and training than he did to any other influence, he always believed and acknowledged.
Let their example be before us from the first lesson which is taught the child, till the mother's duties yield to the course of preparation and action which nature prescribes for him.
Wherein you reprove another, be unblamable yourself, for exampleis better than precept.
George was such an example of order, neatness, thorough scholarship and exact behavior in Mr. Williams' school that we shall devote the next chapter to these qualities.
If compiled by a lad under thirteen, and still more, if the fruit of his own meditations, they would constitute a most extraordinary example of early prudence and thoughtfulness.
As an example of the unparalleled devotion to the country, Israel Putnam of Connecticut was ploughing in the field when the news of the Concord fight reached him.
Another example of the divine blessing upon small battalions was furnished by the surrender at Yorktown.
He inherited from her a high temper and a spirit of command, but her early precepts and example taught him to restrain and govern that temper, and to square his conduct on the exact principles of equity and justice.
Let them teach their children never to forget that the fruits of his labors and his example are their inheritance.
George became Mr. Hobby's most important pupil, because he was anexample of obedience, application, method and thoroughness.
An example of this is given on page 105, showing the garden at Tuckahoe.
It is a perfect example of the advanced type of dial made in Italy, which had a simpler form as early certainly as A.
Miss Jekyll, ever resourceful, trains the Rose Acacia on a wall; and fastens it down by planting sturdy Crimson Ramblers by its side; her skilful example may well be followed in America and thus restore to our gardens this beautiful flower.
It affords a striking example of the beauty and satisfaction that can come from the use of Box as an edging, and old-time flowers as a filling of these beds.
This beautiful example of art in nature is ever open to visitors, and the number of such visitors is very large.
This is a striking example of floral telepathy; you know what the Basil wishes, and the Basil knows and craves your affection, and repays your caress with her perfume and growth.
But I do not look to domestic patterns and influences for its production; it is to me a good example of the old-time domination of French ideas which was so marked and so disquieting in America.
The example and precept of Washington also had important influence; for he was constant in his desire and his effort to secure every good and new plant, grain, shrub, and tree for his home at Mount Vernon.
This is as fine as the house, and that is a splendid example of the best work of the first years of the nineteenth century.
A curious example of persistence, when so much else has perished, is found in the word "Kiskatomas," the shellbark nut.
This garden affords a good example of the accord which should ever exist between the garden and its surroundings.
Rosie, if our example should make it easier for Harry to go astray!
Much less should we gratify our own predilections by electing to follow their example in water baptism and to reject it in other particulars.
If the example of apostles and believers is Scripture authority for water baptism, it is also Scripture authority to sell our lands, live in common, frequent Jewish temples, etc.
Nor have I ever met with an example of it in French coat-armour.
The self-denial of the Christian life, in its application to common scenes and circumstances, is happily illustrated in the example of Katharine Ashton, in which there is much to admire and imitate.
The negroes almost perished from thirst, but the daringexample was successfully followed during the succeeding year, by skiffs of similar dimensions.
This was the only instance of Fana-Toro's barbarity that came under my notice, and in its perpetration he merely followed the example of his ancestors in obedience to African ferocity.
When dawn ripened into daylight, I remembered the stirring account my shipmates had given of the beauty of Boston, and I suddenly felt disposed to imitate the example of my fellow-sailors.
But if you ask me what I think she will do, I should say that she will follow the example of everybody else and desert me.
If this came about, she would not forget the example of Francisco, but would rather try to equal it in the heroism of her end.
I have seen enough," answered Leonard, and began to descend the tree hastily, anexample which Otter followed with more composure.
This example can not fail to impress profoundly thoughtful people of other countries with the advantages which republican institutions afford.
It was completed in 1714, and is a fairly good example of early eighteenth-century ecclesiastical architecture, for though it has been considerably enlarged, the original style has been preserved.
It is still the property of the Crown, is kept in good repair, and remains a noteworthy example of sixteenth-century domestic architecture, but it is never likely to be again used as a royal residence.
The example thus set was eagerly followed, and in 1798 George III.
The present building was completed in 1718, and is a fairly good example of the Renaissance style then in vogue.
Her right to do so was contested, but at the trial which ensued she came off victorious, and an example was set which has been all too often followed.
For how can his text continue to be an example of his language, if his words may be altered to suit the precieuse fashion of subsequent times?
The information recently sent from so many quarters in relation to General Wolfe is a good example of what may be done in other cases; that about Sterne in Paris is another.
He returned thence in 1172, two years after the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, whose example and struggle for the rights of the Church made a deep and lasting impression on him.
For just a flicker he had actually seemed to betray annoyance because Pink Dillon had not followed the example of the deserters, but he ended with a laugh.
Of course, Locke warmed up merely from habit and as an example for the others.
Never have I met a more singular example of what the Truth can do for one who, as she admits, was long ago a worldling.
It was not Galliot du Pre's edition, in lettres rondes, but, still more precious had it only been complete, an example in black letter.
I have detected no mistake of moment, and begin to hope that the important step of matrimony to which I was guided by your example may not have been a rash experiment.
He himself, and his son, John Rapp, set an example which the remainder of the society quickly followed; thenceforth no more marriages were contracted in Harmony, and no more children were born.
As though they did not pay taxes, besides setting an excellent exampleof virtuous and moderate living to their neighbors.
Nevertheless his example does not appear to have been catching, for I was told that they have no library.
They hold that Jesus taught and commanded a community of goods; and refer to the example of the early Christians as proof.
Here then is the pattern Which Jesus has set; And his good example We cannot forget: With thanks for his blessings His word we'll obey; But on this occasion We've somewhat to say.
She will always look up to you, I am sure, feeling the strength of your character, and the example of higher principles.
And I was out of condition for three days, with a blessed example in the Eton Grammar.
Thanks to your careful tuition, and the lofty example set before me, I trust that I shall never be found wanting in my duty to the Country that gave me birth.
He could not conceive a more striking example of dual personality or double consciousness than Dr.
The Percy Parrotts threw open their three-roomed residence and made arrangements to sleep in the hay, while their self-sacrificing example was quickly followed by others.
The clergyman also should be an example of Christian virtue, but he preaches the gospel as illustrated in the life of Christ, of St. Paul, and of others.
For the purposes of moral example and inspiration we may select as companions for them the best persons in history, provided we know how to select for ourselves and others.
The Herbartians have the hardihood, in this age of moral skeptics, to believe not only in moral example but also in moral teaching.
It is illustrated by the example of Sidney and Howard already cited.
Why should the teacher rely upon his own unaided example more than the preacher?
Take for example the "Burial of Moses," and in the proper analysis and study of the poem, such a process of absorption and reflection is observable.
The seed of example must drop into the soil of the mind under favorable conditions; it must germinate and send up its shoots to some height before its presence and nature can be clearly seen.
I do not know an example in our literary history that so loudly accuses our tardy and phlegmatic feeling respecting authors, as the treatment De Lolme experienced in this country.
I must add one more striking example of a political author in the case of Dr.
The illustrious BACON condescended to follow this newexample in the most popular of his works.
But about this time Dean Aldrich had set an example to the students of Christchurch of publishing editions of classical authors.
This society did not endure long, nor was itsexample pernicious.
The old French writer, Fauchet, has devoted some pages to a description of the regular process of dressing, and his example has been followed by some of our English antiquarians.
For here, by grave example taught, we find That mighty love is master of mankind.
One man up here," Jim ordered, and when the man came he set an example by lifting his voice in battle-cry, by hurling lumps of coal at the backs of the defenders.
The old man's method was a splendid exampleof caution.
An example of Mr. Cooper's appreciation of his illustrious rival, Sir Walter Scott, occurred while he was sitting for the portrait that accompanied the New Monthly Magazine for last month.
With the addition of Eve, human society commenced; and the fault of our first mother furnishes a grand and terrible example of the mischief of thinking of the benefit of another.
These are but slender apologies, for such an imitation of the evil example set them by the Brahmins.
This old man was the first exampleof a militant German that I had come across.
I quoted my "Listless Frenzy" one night to an "intense" and gushing lady, as an example of the pitiable rubbish decadent minor poets were then turning out.
Fired by the example of the builders of the ice-palace on the rink at Rideau Hall, I offered to build for the Lansdowne children an ice-hut for their very own, a chilly domicile which they had ardently longed for.
It certainly blazed with gas, but now with electric arc-lamps there is double the light with less than a tenth of the number of old flickering gas-lamps; another example of quality vs.
The peculiarly French capacity for taking infinite pains, of which a good example is this silkworm culture, has its drawbacks, when carried into administrative work.
The ousting of the splendid full-rigged ships by stumpy, unlovely tramp-steamers in the Hooghly River, to which I have already referred, is only one example of the universal disappearance of the picturesque.
Lady Dudley was then a radiant apparition, and her sister, the most perfect example of classical beauty I have ever seen, had features as clean-cut as those of a cameo.
The children took the utmost pleasure in this example of the curious properties of electricity.
Following the example of the earlier masters, Henner never employed any other colours than the simple ones.
Like Puvis de Chavannes, he has taught us to appreciate the majestic harmony of antique composition, and also, like him, he has given us an example of a richness of colour carried to the culminating point by the simplest of means.
The cheap tripper was there--the latest example of the Darwinian theory--apelike, flea and curio hunting!
