Thoughts on Self-culture, Addressed to WomenWm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1851 - 464 pagine |
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Pagina 9
... perhaps fallen off , it is not lower in its character than in former times , but it has not taken a higher stand , it has not kept pace with the advance of the age , it has not acquired the power necessary to sway the lives of men in ...
... perhaps fallen off , it is not lower in its character than in former times , but it has not taken a higher stand , it has not kept pace with the advance of the age , it has not acquired the power necessary to sway the lives of men in ...
Pagina 11
... perhaps , entirely neglected , and moral power never consciously trained , yet women cannot from early childhood come in contact with men without learning submission , forbearance , and the control of selfish wishes and plans ; and ...
... perhaps , entirely neglected , and moral power never consciously trained , yet women cannot from early childhood come in contact with men without learning submission , forbearance , and the control of selfish wishes and plans ; and ...
Pagina 14
... perhaps , the only one , through the varied changes of human life , in which frivolity is erected into a duty , and inculcated by those very lips whose teaching at other times shows forth the sacredness of virtue , and the respon ...
... perhaps , the only one , through the varied changes of human life , in which frivolity is erected into a duty , and inculcated by those very lips whose teaching at other times shows forth the sacredness of virtue , and the respon ...
Pagina 16
... perhaps , object that our observations re- fer to one small class of persons only . We wish it were so ; but although a constant round of society and amusement is cer- tainly not within the reach of all , the same absence of any ...
... perhaps , object that our observations re- fer to one small class of persons only . We wish it were so ; but although a constant round of society and amusement is cer- tainly not within the reach of all , the same absence of any ...
Pagina 19
... perhaps felt but parental authority ; and the very inadequate provision made for daughters , even in many of the wealthiest families in England , which seems de- vised on purpose to force them into marriage any how , and with any one ...
... perhaps felt but parental authority ; and the very inadequate provision made for daughters , even in many of the wealthiest families in England , which seems de- vised on purpose to force them into marriage any how , and with any one ...
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