The True Woman: Elements of Character Drawn from the Life of Mary Lyon and OthersHodder & Stoughton, 1893 - 330 páginas |
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Página xvi
... Society in Italy . — The Old Lady's Judgment . - Empty Vessels . - Know how to Keep Silence . - Opinions of Cicero and Lord Bacon . - The Meeting of Grecian Philosophers . - Extravagant Epi- thets . - Feminine Swearing . - Gossip ...
... Society in Italy . — The Old Lady's Judgment . - Empty Vessels . - Know how to Keep Silence . - Opinions of Cicero and Lord Bacon . - The Meeting of Grecian Philosophers . - Extravagant Epi- thets . - Feminine Swearing . - Gossip ...
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... Society . — Remark of Freedley . — Get- ting well Married . — The Daughter who Relied upon her Mother , and not upon Herself . - The Old Man's Bride . -Self - reliance fits Girls for Vicissitudes . - Reverses Fre- quent . Mrs. Bleeker ...
... Society . — Remark of Freedley . — Get- ting well Married . — The Daughter who Relied upon her Mother , and not upon Herself . - The Old Man's Bride . -Self - reliance fits Girls for Vicissitudes . - Reverses Fre- quent . Mrs. Bleeker ...
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... society has not de- manded that women should be educated definitely for particular spheres . It is expected that a boy will be disciplined in some chosen pursuit , so that when he becomes a man , he will be master of some trade or ...
... society has not de- manded that women should be educated definitely for particular spheres . It is expected that a boy will be disciplined in some chosen pursuit , so that when he becomes a man , he will be master of some trade or ...
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... society , and that , in consequence , I became de- graded , and was shunned by the wise and good . My humiliation was the greater , because I had formerly stood well in the esteem of my fellow- citizens . My downfall was owing to the ...
... society , and that , in consequence , I became de- graded , and was shunned by the wise and good . My humiliation was the greater , because I had formerly stood well in the esteem of my fellow- citizens . My downfall was owing to the ...
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... society , but still it was my own fault . In this condition , she who is now my wife , awoke a desire for reform ; she inspired me , she guided me , she aided me , and to her kind and unwearied efforts is due my redemption from the ...
... society , but still it was my own fault . In this condition , she who is now my wife , awoke a desire for reform ; she inspired me , she guided me , she aided me , and to her kind and unwearied efforts is due my redemption from the ...
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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.