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Pagina viii
Can we , among all the works of man , find a fitter emblem of human life itself ,
and especially of the career of a young girl launched for the first time into the
ocean of life ? Up to that moment she has hardly had an existence of her own -
her ...
Can we , among all the works of man , find a fitter emblem of human life itself ,
and especially of the career of a young girl launched for the first time into the
ocean of life ? Up to that moment she has hardly had an existence of her own -
her ...
Pagina xi
It has always appeared to me that the girls of the present day have too much
sentiment , too much fanciful refinement for their own peace . I have thought that
their everyday life would be infinitely happier , and the character of
INTRODUCTION ...
It has always appeared to me that the girls of the present day have too much
sentiment , too much fanciful refinement for their own peace . I have thought that
their everyday life would be infinitely happier , and the character of
INTRODUCTION ...
Pagina 2
It is too common for a young girl on leaving school to think that she has then
completed her education , and that nothing more is required of her ; that
henceforth she may occupy or waste her time as she pleases ; and that , in fact as
well as in ...
It is too common for a young girl on leaving school to think that she has then
completed her education , and that nothing more is required of her ; that
henceforth she may occupy or waste her time as she pleases ; and that , in fact as
well as in ...
Pagina 3
Really , to witness the indifference which girls exhibit about keeping up or
increasing their knowledge of languages , music , drawing , & c . , we should be
justified in coming to the conclusion that they had no other object in studying
them at ...
Really , to witness the indifference which girls exhibit about keeping up or
increasing their knowledge of languages , music , drawing , & c . , we should be
justified in coming to the conclusion that they had no other object in studying
them at ...
Pagina 7
To study household good , And good works in her husband to promote , Is
woman's highest honour and her praise . ” To cultivate the heart , the head , and
the mind , is then the duty of every girl on leaving school . There is another thing I
...
To study household good , And good works in her husband to promote , Is
woman's highest honour and her praise . ” To cultivate the heart , the head , and
the mind , is then the duty of every girl on leaving school . There is another thing I
...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Maternal counsels to a daughter |
| Auteur | Matilda Marian Chesney Pullan |
| Uitgever | Darton and Company, 1855 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 28 juli 2006 |
| Lengte | 312 pagina's |
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