The True Woman: Elements of Character Drawn from the Life of Mary Lyon and OthersHodder & Stoughton, 1893 - 330 páginas |
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... - Girls Dis- posed to be Vain . - The World a Vanity Fair . - One Vain of Beauty , Another of Dress , etc. - Anecdote by Howitt . - Vanity Considered a Small Fault . How - - Parents Teach It . - What L'Aime Martin Says xii Contents .
... - Girls Dis- posed to be Vain . - The World a Vanity Fair . - One Vain of Beauty , Another of Dress , etc. - Anecdote by Howitt . - Vanity Considered a Small Fault . How - - Parents Teach It . - What L'Aime Martin Says xii Contents .
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... considered indispensable to success in all bene- volent movements ? Without their sympathies all such causes languish , while with them they flourish . Indeed , such is woman's influence , we may add , that she decides social morality ...
... considered indispensable to success in all bene- volent movements ? Without their sympathies all such causes languish , while with them they flourish . Indeed , such is woman's influence , we may add , that she decides social morality ...
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... as sisters on account of doing good to others . We grant that this is no inferior topic to be considered , that it demands the attention of every girl . And yet , we now ask the reader to be true as a A True Sister . 63.
... as sisters on account of doing good to others . We grant that this is no inferior topic to be considered , that it demands the attention of every girl . And yet , we now ask the reader to be true as a A True Sister . 63.
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... considered bashful rather than bold . In later life , when she knew , of course , that the public conceded her superiority in some particulars , she still maintained the same modest demeanour . At the time she was soliciting funds for ...
... considered bashful rather than bold . In later life , when she knew , of course , that the public conceded her superiority in some particulars , she still maintained the same modest demeanour . At the time she was soliciting funds for ...
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... considered the flower of New England women . Her accomplishments were equal to her beauty . She was married to one Richard Derby , a man of high culture and splendid fortune , with whom she visited Europe . In that country she received ...
... considered the flower of New England women . Her accomplishments were equal to her beauty . She was married to one Richard Derby , a man of high culture and splendid fortune , with whom she visited Europe . In that country she received ...
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Página 177 - She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Página 177 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Página 228 - 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 228 - 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 36 - ... 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 154 - 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 27 - 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....
Página 126 - ... out, and leaves not a vestige behind. A second class resembles a sponge, which imbibes everything, and returns it nearly in the same state, only a little dirtier. A third class is like a jelly-bag, which allows all that is pure to pass away, and retains only the refuse and the dregs. The fourth class may be compared to the slave in the diamond mines of Golconda, who, casting aside all that is worthless, preserves only the pure gem.
Página 221 - The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness...
Página 35 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.