The Poor Girl and True Woman: Or, Elements of Woman's Success Drawn from the Life of Mary Lyon and OthersGould and Lincoln, 1859 - 353 páginas |
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... relations from what she was in others . Much has been written for boys concerning the way to suc- cess ; but little has been penned for girls , as if they had noth- ing to do with the subject . But if there is such a thing as success in ...
... relations from what she was in others . Much has been written for boys concerning the way to suc- cess ; but little has been penned for girls , as if they had noth- ing to do with the subject . But if there is such a thing as success in ...
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... RELATION TO BROTHERS FAILURE AS SISTERS AT HOME FORESHADOWS FAILURE ABROAD REMARK OF DR . AL- COTTOF WASHINGTON IRVING - OF ANOTHER WRITER - HEN- RY MARTYN — STRIKING EXAMPLE OF A SISTER'S INFLUENCE- WHAT DO THESE FACTS SHOW ? - THE ...
... RELATION TO BROTHERS FAILURE AS SISTERS AT HOME FORESHADOWS FAILURE ABROAD REMARK OF DR . AL- COTTOF WASHINGTON IRVING - OF ANOTHER WRITER - HEN- RY MARTYN — STRIKING EXAMPLE OF A SISTER'S INFLUENCE- WHAT DO THESE FACTS SHOW ? - THE ...
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... relations , to be the very embodiment of love and good will to men , and never to have thought of herself , of her own ease , advantage , or convenience . It was enough for her that others were made wiser , and better , and happier , at ...
... relations , to be the very embodiment of love and good will to men , and never to have thought of herself , of her own ease , advantage , or convenience . It was enough for her that others were made wiser , and better , and happier , at ...
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... relation of wives and mothers we find striking proof of the power of female influence . When General Samuel Houston was in one of the Atlantic states , he was invited one evening to visit a place of popular amusement , which he at once ...
... relation of wives and mothers we find striking proof of the power of female influence . When General Samuel Houston was in one of the Atlantic states , he was invited one evening to visit a place of popular amusement , which he at once ...
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... relation of daughter to the consciousness of becoming a woman . Her letters , after she left her home to study and teach , were imbued with the same filial love and devotion that characterized the conduct of her childhood . The ...
... relation of daughter to the consciousness of becoming a woman . Her letters , after she left her home to study and teach , were imbued with the same filial love and devotion that characterized the conduct of her childhood . The ...
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accomplished ADOLPH MONOD adorn amusements attention beautiful soul beauty become benevolent better bless boys brother called CHAPTER charms Christian daugh daughter death dollars dress duty element of character ELIZABETH HERVEY errands of mercy evil example fashion father female character filial fortitude girls grace habit hand Hannah Hannah Adams happy heart Henry Laurens honor hour husband influence instructed kind to thy labor Lady Jane Grey live LYON'S Madame De Stael Mary Lyon ment mind Miss Lyon moral mother ness never noble ornament parents perseverance person piety pious pleasure poor possess Princess punctual pupils qualities reader remark replied scarcely self-reliance sister society soul South Hadley sphere spirit success teacher teaching things thou thought thousand tion true TRUE WOMAN vanity Vanity Fair virtues wife women young ladies youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 119 - The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Página 195 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Página 255 - And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Página 196 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Página 195 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; And in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Página 255 - And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Página 60 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Página 176 - But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That, so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way, sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving...
Página 170 - Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, * Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Página 52 - She became prudent from affection; and though of the most generous nature, she was taught economy and frugality by her love for me. During the most critical period of my life, she preserved order in my affairs, from the care of which she relieved me. She gently reclaimed me from dissipation; she propped my weak and irresolute nature; she urged my indolence to all the exertions that have been useful or creditable to me; and she was perpetually at hand to admonish my heedlessness and improvidence....