Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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Pagina 7
... 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 9
... 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 12
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Pagina 13
... perhaps , object , that our observations refer to one small class of persons only . We wish it were so ; but although a constant round of society and amusement is certainly not within the reach of all , the same absence of any rational ...
... perhaps , object , that our observations refer to one small class of persons only . We wish it were so ; but although a constant round of society and amusement is certainly not within the reach of all , the same absence of any rational ...
Pagina 16
... perhaps felt but parental authority ; and the very inadequate provision made for daughters , even in many of the wealthiest families in England , which seems devised on purpose to force them into marriage any how , and with any one , so ...
... perhaps felt but parental authority ; and the very inadequate provision made for daughters , even in many of the wealthiest families in England , which seems devised on purpose to force them into marriage any how , and with any one , so ...
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