Maternal counsels to a daughterDarton and Company, 1855 - 312 pagina's |
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Pagina xii
... women be very greatly improved if they possessed a little of the common sense which distinguishes the character of English men . Those on whose judgment and knowledge of the world I could entirely rely have approved of my views , and ...
... women be very greatly improved if they possessed a little of the common sense which distinguishes the character of English men . Those on whose judgment and knowledge of the world I could entirely rely have approved of my views , and ...
Pagina 3
... woman . Whether this wish is destined to be realised or not ; or whether its fulfilment is certain to render her happy ; are questions which I do not at present intend to touch upon . But , inasmuch as this is at once the wish of all ...
... woman . Whether this wish is destined to be realised or not ; or whether its fulfilment is certain to render her happy ; are questions which I do not at present intend to touch upon . But , inasmuch as this is at once the wish of all ...
Pagina 5
... can put to the best account the acquirements of previous years , we may hope to see a race of women fitted for their destiny in life , regarding every succeeding day and every talent as a trust committed B 2 LIFE AND ITS OBJECTS . 5.
... can put to the best account the acquirements of previous years , we may hope to see a race of women fitted for their destiny in life , regarding every succeeding day and every talent as a trust committed B 2 LIFE AND ITS OBJECTS . 5.
Pagina 7
... woman who is so ignorant has neglected one of the great duties of life . “ To study household good , And good works in her husband to promote , Is woman's highest honour and her praise ... women , " it is said , LIFE AND ITS OBJECTS . 7.
... woman who is so ignorant has neglected one of the great duties of life . “ To study household good , And good works in her husband to promote , Is woman's highest honour and her praise ... women , " it is said , LIFE AND ITS OBJECTS . 7.
Pagina 8
Matilda Marian Chesney Pullan. racter . “ Most women , " it is said , “ have no character at all , " and the remark ... woman is not always one of pleasure , -as . she is called on both to do , and to bear the evils of life , -to toil for ...
Matilda Marian Chesney Pullan. racter . “ Most women , " it is said , “ have no character at all , " and the remark ... woman is not always one of pleasure , -as . she is called on both to do , and to bear the evils of life , -to toil for ...
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Pagina 50 - And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury : for all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Pagina 151 - Since Trifles make the Sum of human things And half our misery from our foibles springs...
Pagina 146 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Pagina 181 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Pagina 65 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
Pagina 153 - And mistress of herself, though china fall. And yet believe me, good as well as ill, Woman's at best a contradiction still. Heaven, when it strives to polish all it can Its last best work, but forms a softer man...
Pagina 111 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home 1 Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Pagina 59 - strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Pagina 149 - True love in this differs from gold and clay, That to divide is not to take away.
Pagina 13 - I asked an aged man, a man of cares, Wrinkled and curved, and white with hoary hairs ; " Time is the warp of life," he said, " Oh tell The young, the fair, the gay, to weave it well...