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... believe that the development of the one cannot be affected without that of the other . My highest wish is that this truth should be distinctly and rationally appre- hended , and the conditions of life and freedom recognised as the same ...
... believe that the development of the one cannot be affected without that of the other . My highest wish is that this truth should be distinctly and rationally appre- hended , and the conditions of life and freedom recognised as the same ...
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... believe , and men themselves have expressed the opinion , that the time is come when Eury- dice is to call for an Orpheus , rather than Orpheus for Eury- dice : that the idea of Man , however imperfectly brought out , has been far more ...
... believe , and men themselves have expressed the opinion , that the time is come when Eury- dice is to call for an Orpheus , rather than Orpheus for Eury- dice : that the idea of Man , however imperfectly brought out , has been far more ...
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... believe that this mode of kidnapping - and it is frequent enough in all classes of society - will be by the next age viewed as it is by Heaven now , and that the man who avails himself of the shelter of men's laws to steal from a mother ...
... believe that this mode of kidnapping - and it is frequent enough in all classes of society - will be by the next age viewed as it is by Heaven now , and that the man who avails himself of the shelter of men's laws to steal from a mother ...
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... path laid open to woman as freely as to man . Were this done and a slight temporary fermentation allowed to subside , we should see crystallizations more pure and of more various beauty . We believe the divine 30 WOMAN IN THE.
... path laid open to woman as freely as to man . Were this done and a slight temporary fermentation allowed to subside , we should see crystallizations more pure and of more various beauty . We believe the divine 30 WOMAN IN THE.
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Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) and of more various beauty . We believe the divine energy would pervade nature to a degree unknown in the history of former ages , and that no discordant collision , but a ra- vishing harmony of the ...
Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) and of more various beauty . We believe the divine energy would pervade nature to a degree unknown in the history of former ages , and that no discordant collision , but a ra- vishing harmony of the ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abradatus Adelchi Agamemnon angel beauty better breast brother Cassandra cause character child connexion Cyrus daughter destiny dignity divine earth Ecstatica equal Euripides expressed eyes fair faith father feeling female feminine flattery flower freedom genius gentle George Sand girl give Gobryas Goethe grace Greece Greek happiness harmony heart heaven Hecuba holy honour hope human husband immortal influence inspired intellectual Iolaus Iphi Iphigenia Ishmaelites less live look Ludgate Hill Macaria Madame Necker maiden marriage means Menelaus ment mind moral mother nation nature never noble Orpheus Panthea passions poet present pure purity Queen racter refined reverence seems seen sister society soul speak spirit summer queen sweet tears thee things thou thought Tigranes true truth vanity Vesta virgin virtue wife wise wish woman women worthy Xenophon young
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Página 45 - 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 35 - I meant the day-star should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet, Hating that solemn vice of greatness, pride ; I meant each softest virtue there should meet, Fit in that softer bosom to reside. Only a learned and a manly soul I purposed her, that should, with even powers, The rock, the spindle, and the shears control Of destiny, and spin her own free hours.
Página 45 - You are my true and honourable wife ; As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.
Página 43 - 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 45 - I should know no secrets That appertain to you ? Am I yourself But, as it were, in sort or limitation, To keep with you at meals, comfort your bed, And talk to you sometimes? Dwell I but in the suburbs Of your good pleasure ? If it be no more, 286 Portia is Brutus
Página 176 - Vergine, que' begli occhi Che vider tristi la spietata stampa Ne' dolci membri del tuo caro figlio, Volgi al mio dnbbio stato; Che sconsigliato a te vien per consiglio. Vergine pura, d'ogni parte intera, Del tuo parto gentil figliuola e madre...
Página 36 - ... be described, and I feel so sure that persistence and courage are the most womanly no less than the most manly qualities, that I would exchange these words for others of a larger sense, at the risk of marring the fine tissue of the verse. Read, 'A heavenward and instructed soul,' and I should be satisfied. Let it not be said, wherever there is energy or creative genius, 'She has a masculine mind.
Página 160 - In the earlier tract I was told I did not make my meaning sufficiently clear. In this I have consequently tried to illustrate it in various ways, and may have been guilty of much repetition. Yet, as I am anxious to leave no room for doubt, I shall venture to retrace, once more, the scope of my design in points, as was done in old-fashioned sermons. Man is a being of two-fold relations, to nature beneath, and intelligences above him. The earth is his school, if not his birth-place; God his object;...
Página 158 - ... would not speak in vain; whether each in her own home or banded in unison. Tell these men that you will not accept the glittering baubles, spacious dwellings, and plentiful service they mean to offer you through these means. Tell them that the heart of Woman demands nobleness and honor in Man, and that if they have not purity, have not mercy, they are no longer fathers, lovers, husbands, sons of yours.
Página 204 - Father, I to thee Am present; for my country, and for all The land of Greece, I freely give myself A victim: to the altar let them lead me, Since such the oracle. If aught on me Depends, be happy, and obtain the prize Of glorious conquest, and revisit safe Your country.