Letters to Young LadiesHarper, 1838 - 259 páginas |
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... intellectual standard , our sex have been permitted freely to participate . No Moslem interdict continues to exclude them from the temple of knowledge , and no illusion of chiv- alry exalts them to an airy height , above life's du- ties ...
... intellectual standard , our sex have been permitted freely to participate . No Moslem interdict continues to exclude them from the temple of knowledge , and no illusion of chiv- alry exalts them to an airy height , above life's du- ties ...
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... intellectual scien ces might possess a more inherent value . Par- taking of the nature of the mind , they are less de- pendant on the changes of material things . But memory , the keeper of all knowledge , is subject to accident ...
... intellectual scien ces might possess a more inherent value . Par- taking of the nature of the mind , they are less de- pendant on the changes of material things . But memory , the keeper of all knowledge , is subject to accident ...
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... intellectual structure of man , lifted the curtain from the birthplace of thought , traced the springs of action to their fountain , and thrown the veiled and shrinking motive into the crucible , perceive the object of their study ...
... intellectual structure of man , lifted the curtain from the birthplace of thought , traced the springs of action to their fountain , and thrown the veiled and shrinking motive into the crucible , perceive the object of their study ...
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... intellectual delight , or the instruments of acquiring wealth and honour among men , are val- uable at the close of life , only as they have pro- moted those dispositions which constitute the bliss of an unending existence . Tested by ...
... intellectual delight , or the instruments of acquiring wealth and honour among men , are val- uable at the close of life , only as they have pro- moted those dispositions which constitute the bliss of an unending existence . Tested by ...
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... intellectual solace , ere the props on which those affections rest , chance to warp , to pierce us , or to pass away . And next to the sup- port of that hope which has no rooting in earth , and in close affinity with it , are the ...
... intellectual solace , ere the props on which those affections rest , chance to warp , to pierce us , or to pass away . And next to the sup- port of that hope which has no rooting in earth , and in close affinity with it , are the ...
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Página 204 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Página 186 - When we see a fellow loud and talkative, full of insipid life and laughter, we may venture to pronounce him a female favourite.
Página 204 - Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the...
Página 78 - Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
Página 39 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Página 201 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Página 205 - Few men ever carried out so fully the injunction, not to let the left hand know what the right hand did, in the quiet and steady outflow of good will and good works, as Mr.
Página 207 - For the poor ye have always with you, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; but me ye have not always.