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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... wish to bear testimony - not needed with those who knew her well , but interesting , perhaps , to some readers into whose hands this volume may fall . It is on a subject which one who knew her from his childhood up- -at home , where ...
... wish to bear testimony - not needed with those who knew her well , but interesting , perhaps , to some readers into whose hands this volume may fall . It is on a subject which one who knew her from his childhood up- -at home , where ...
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... wishes expressed from many quarters that it is prepared for publication in its present form . Objections having been ... wish is that this truth should be distinctly and rationally apprehended , and the conditions of life and free- dom ...
... wishes expressed from many quarters that it is prepared for publication in its present form . Objections having been ... wish is that this truth should be distinctly and rationally apprehended , and the conditions of life and free- dom ...
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... wish we could add that they have shown that musical apprehension of the progress of Nature through her ascending gradations which entitled them so to do , but their attempts are frigid , though sometimes grand ; in their strain we are ...
... wish we could add that they have shown that musical apprehension of the progress of Nature through her ascending gradations which entitled them so to do , but their attempts are frigid , though sometimes grand ; in their strain we are ...
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... wish to step beyond the sphere of her sex . I will never consent to have our peace disturbed by any such discussions . " " ' Consent — you ? ' it is not consent from you that is in question — it is assent from wife . " your - " Am not I ...
... wish to step beyond the sphere of her sex . I will never consent to have our peace disturbed by any such discussions . " " ' Consent — you ? ' it is not consent from you that is in question — it is assent from wife . " your - " Am not I ...
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... wishes could be publicly represented by women ? " That can never be necessary , " cry the other side . " All men are privately influenced by women ; each has his wife , sister , or female friends , and is too much biased by these ...
... wishes could be publicly represented by women ? " That can never be necessary , " cry the other side . " All men are privately influenced by women ; each has his wife , sister , or female friends , and is too much biased by these ...
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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.