Woman in the Nineteenth Century: And Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of WomanJ.P. Jewett, 1855 - 428 páginas |
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... whole , to be that of an angel or messenger , the action of prejudices and passions which attend , in the day , the growth of the individual , is continually obstructing the holy work that is to make the earth a part of heaven . By Man ...
... whole , to be that of an angel or messenger , the action of prejudices and passions which attend , in the day , the growth of the individual , is continually obstructing the holy work that is to make the earth a part of heaven . By Man ...
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... whole nature to the search for truth , and thought themselves happy if they could buy , with the sacrifice of all temporal ease and pleasure , one seed for the future Eden . Poets and priests have strung the lyre with the heart ...
... whole nature to the search for truth , and thought themselves happy if they could buy , with the sacrifice of all temporal ease and pleasure , one seed for the future Eden . Poets and priests have strung the lyre with the heart ...
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... whole growth open to air and light . While any one is base , none can be entirely free and noble . Yet something new shall presently be shown of the life of man , for hearts crave , if minds do not know how to ask it . Among the strains ...
... whole growth open to air and light . While any one is base , none can be entirely free and noble . Yet something new shall presently be shown of the life of man , for hearts crave , if minds do not know how to ask it . Among the strains ...
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... whole . If principles could be established , particulars would adjust themselves aright . Ascertain the true destiny of Woman ; give her legiti- mate hopes , and a standard within herself ; marriage and all other relations would by ...
... whole . If principles could be established , particulars would adjust themselves aright . Ascertain the true destiny of Woman ; give her legiti- mate hopes , and a standard within herself ; marriage and all other relations would by ...
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... Whole calendars of female saints , heroic dames of chivalry , binding the emblem of faith on the heart of the best - beloved , and wasting the bloom of youth in separation and loneliness , for the sake of duties they thought it religion ...
... Whole calendars of female saints , heroic dames of chivalry , binding the emblem of faith on the heart of the best - beloved , and wasting the bloom of youth in separation and loneliness , for the sake of duties they thought it religion ...
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Adelaide Kemble Agamemnon Aglauron Almeria angel beauty believe better brother Catharine Beecher character charm child Consuelo daugh daughter dear destiny divine duties Ecstatica Emily Euripides expressed eyes fair faith father feel female flower French genius gentle George Sand girl give Goethe grace Greece happy harmony heart heaven Hecuba holy honor hope human husband influence intellectual Iolaus Iphi Iphigenia JENNY LIND knew lady Laurie Leon Leoni less live look Macaria Madame Madame Necker Madame Recamier marriage means mind mother nature never noble Ossoli Panthea passion person picture present pure received refined relations reverence Rudolstadt seems seen sister society soul speak sphere spirit sweet tender thee things thou thought tion true truth virgin virtue wife wise wish Woman women worthy write Xenophon young youth
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Página 50 - OH that those lips had language ! Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, 'Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Página 52 - Countrymen, My heart doth joy that yet, in all my life, I found no man but he was true to me. I shall have glory by this losing day, More than Octavius and Mark Antony By this vile conquest shall attain unto. So fare you well at once; for Brutus...
Página 326 - That hangs his head, and a' that ; The coward slave — we pass him by ! We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ! The rank is but the Guinea's stamp; The Man 's the gowd for a
Página 52 - You are my true and honourable wife, As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.
Página 38 - What Woman needs is not as a woman to act or rule, but as a nature to grow, as an intellect to discern, as a soul to live freely and unimpeded, to unfold such powers as were given her when we left our common home.
Página 53 - Have you not love enough to bear with me, When that rash humour which my mother gave me Makes me forgetful ? Bru.
Página 67 - Let then no doubt, Celinda, touch, Much less your fairest mind invade; Were not our souls immortal made, Our equal loves can make them such.
Página 342 - IT is so true that a woman may be in love with a woman, and a man with a man.
Página 63 - Ye cannot believe it, men ; but the only reason why women ever assume what is more appropriate to you, is because you prevent them from finding out what is fit for themselves.
Página 401 - Vergine, tale è terra e posto ha in doglia Lo mio cor, che vivendo in pianto il tenne; E di mille miei mali un non sapea; E per saperlo, pur quel che n' avvenne Fora avvenuto ; ch' ogni altra sua voglia Era a me morte ed a lei fama rea.