The True Woman: Elements of Character Drawn from the Life of Mary Lyon and OthersHodder & Stoughton, 1893 - 330 páginas |
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... Relation to Brothers . - Failure as Sisters at Home Foreshadows Failure Abroad.- Remark of Dr. Alcott . - Of Washington Irving . - Of Another Writer . - Henry Martyn . - Striking Example of a Sister's Influence . - What do these Facts ...
... Relation to Brothers . - Failure as Sisters at Home Foreshadows Failure Abroad.- Remark of Dr. Alcott . - Of Washington Irving . - Of Another Writer . - Henry Martyn . - Striking Example of a Sister's Influence . - What do these Facts ...
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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 conveni- ence . It was enough for her that others were made wiser , and better , and happier ...
... 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 conveni- ence . It was enough for her that others were made wiser , and better , and happier ...
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... relation of wives and mothers we find striking proofs 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 proofs 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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... relation to their filial duties . But we have too painful evidence to the contrary . Although daughters are usually more dutiful than sons , yet every community bears witness that many do not imitate the example of Mary Lyon in this ...
... relation to their filial duties . But we have too painful evidence to the contrary . Although daughters are usually more dutiful than sons , yet every community bears witness that many do not imitate the example of Mary Lyon in this ...
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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.