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... was this same MARY LYON . From her humble home among the hills she went forth at the call of duty ; and what a bright mission was hers ! A cloud obscured her rising sun , but it set in splendour . Her morning SUNRISE AND SUNSET . 9.
... was this same MARY LYON . From her humble home among the hills she went forth at the call of duty ; and what a bright mission was hers ! A cloud obscured her rising sun , but it set in splendour . Her morning SUNRISE AND SUNSET . 9.
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... duty ; indeed , she is educated to lead a butterfly's life , so that a well- formed purpose was entirely out of the question . Here is the secret of much unhappiness in the married state . A man marries a young woman of rank and beauty ...
... duty ; indeed , she is educated to lead a butterfly's life , so that a well- formed purpose was entirely out of the question . Here is the secret of much unhappiness in the married state . A man marries a young woman of rank and beauty ...
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... duty . Hence their desire for those external things which perish with the using . Go , ask that sylph - like girl , whose eye beams with hope and intelli- gence , what will satisfy her heart and make her happy , as she blooms into ...
... duty . Hence their desire for those external things which perish with the using . Go , ask that sylph - like girl , whose eye beams with hope and intelli- gence , what will satisfy her heart and make her happy , as she blooms into ...
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... duty . Not long since , a young lady , in a western city , concluded that duty required her to become a tract - distributor . She had qualifications that would have given her an honourable place in almost any circle ; but she preferred ...
... duty . Not long since , a young lady , in a western city , concluded that duty required her to become a tract - distributor . She had qualifications that would have given her an honourable place in almost any circle ; but she preferred ...
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... duty ? and not , what advantage will position give ? Nor did she aim to discharge duty for the sake of the enjoyment to be derived therefrom . It was for duty's sake that she devoted herself to teaching . Higher wages alone did not ...
... duty ? and not , what advantage will position give ? Nor did she aim to discharge duty for the sake of the enjoyment to be derived therefrom . It was for duty's sake that she devoted herself to teaching . Higher wages alone did not ...
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Página 101 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 46 - I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting ; in like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, but (which becometh women professing godliness,) with good works.
Página 101 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Página 16 - ... 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 100 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Página 84 - A native grace Sat fair-proportioned on her polished limbs, Veiled in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most ; Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering woods.
Página 9 - 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 16 - 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.
Página 54 - TO THE MEMORY OF HELEN WALKER, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR OF GOD 1791. THIS HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL PRACTISED IN REAL LIFE THE VIRTUES WITH WHICH FICTION HAS INVESTED THE IMAGINARY CHARACTER OF JEANIE DEANS...
Página 3 - Unthinking, idle, wild, and young, I laughed, and danced, and talked, and sung : And, proud of health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain ; Concluding, in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. But when the hour of trial came, When sickness shook this trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could sing and dance no more, It then occurred, how sad 'twould be Were this world only made for me.