Thoughts on Self-culture, Addressed to WomenWm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1851 - 464 pagine |
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Pagina 16
... persons may , 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 ...
... persons may , 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 ...
Pagina 28
... persons were taken advantage of as it might be ; and women , who , be- ing free from the ties of business , have most leisure to attend to them , are most to blame for the neglect . If now we turn from considering social obligations to ...
... persons were taken advantage of as it might be ; and women , who , be- ing free from the ties of business , have most leisure to attend to them , are most to blame for the neglect . If now we turn from considering social obligations to ...
Pagina 43
... persons eminent for piety and self - denial become more and more contracted in their views , thinking that they do God service by mingling as little as possible with the world in which he appointed them to live ; while , on the other ...
... persons eminent for piety and self - denial become more and more contracted in their views , thinking that they do God service by mingling as little as possible with the world in which he appointed them to live ; while , on the other ...
Pagina 47
... persons , namely , that they mean well , but are wanting in judgment or common sense ; but it ap- pears to be forgotten too often , that judgment and common sense are the exercise of reason in practical matters , and that reason is not ...
... persons , namely , that they mean well , but are wanting in judgment or common sense ; but it ap- pears to be forgotten too often , that judgment and common sense are the exercise of reason in practical matters , and that reason is not ...
Pagina 52
... duly weighed , we believe that with care and management the cases are com- paratively few in which any person in the station of a gentle- woman is necessarily so reduced to the slavery of needlework 52 VIEWS OF LIFE ,
... duly weighed , we believe that with care and management the cases are com- paratively few in which any person in the station of a gentle- woman is necessarily so reduced to the slavery of needlework 52 VIEWS OF LIFE ,
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