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... woman should never live for herself alone , they were ever on the qui vive to discern the best means of meliorating the people's con- dition . When any monstrous evil was perceptible , they seldom rested until they had sought out and ...
... woman should never live for herself alone , they were ever on the qui vive to discern the best means of meliorating the people's con- dition . When any monstrous evil was perceptible , they seldom rested until they had sought out and ...
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... woman's repast . Dinner is the meal at which the most courtly manners and refined etiquette are displayed by gentlemen : it is at the tea - table that woman shines ; there her bland civilities and winning dignity are seen to the ...
... woman's repast . Dinner is the meal at which the most courtly manners and refined etiquette are displayed by gentlemen : it is at the tea - table that woman shines ; there her bland civilities and winning dignity are seen to the ...
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... woman can intermeddle . It is upon the erring portion of the other sex we propose to try our reforming tact and skill . And from men , particularly at the outset of our undertaking , we can demand little sympathy . If the plan we pursue ...
... woman can intermeddle . It is upon the erring portion of the other sex we propose to try our reforming tact and skill . And from men , particularly at the outset of our undertaking , we can demand little sympathy . If the plan we pursue ...
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... woman's tongue is the only edged tool that never grows duller by using . " Even some of our best writers have been condemned for employing much useless verbiage and far - fetched illustra- tions to eke out their books to a formidable ...
... woman's tongue is the only edged tool that never grows duller by using . " Even some of our best writers have been condemned for employing much useless verbiage and far - fetched illustra- tions to eke out their books to a formidable ...
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... to state that home is woman's place . It is the sphere in which she shines ; the orbit in which she moves . It is her world . It is the stage on which she per- forms the chief part . Upon her mode of thinking 26 THE LADIES ' SOIREE .
... to state that home is woman's place . It is the sphere in which she shines ; the orbit in which she moves . It is her world . It is the stage on which she per- forms the chief part . Upon her mode of thinking 26 THE LADIES ' SOIREE .
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Absenteeism: Or, the Ladies' Soiree a Brandiport, Reported by a Lover of Home . Brandiport Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 46 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, That to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Seite 133 - She, who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet has her humour most, when she obeys...
Seite 150 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Seite 109 - There is a lust in man no charm can tame, Of loudly publishing his neighbour's shame." Hence ; " On eagle's wings immortal scandals fly, While virtuous actions are but born and die.
Seite 144 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Seite 145 - She seeketh wool, and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; She bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth meat to her household, And a portion to her maidens.
Seite 149 - 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 arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Seite 146 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Seite 131 - The kindest and the happiest p"air Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
Seite 54 - The merry homes of England ! Around their hearths by night, What gladsome looks of household love Meet in the ruddy light ! There woman's voice flows forth in song, Or childhood's tale is told, Or lips move tunefully along Some glorious page of old.