Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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Pagina 3
... pleasure , and creatures of intrigue , they necessarily become the tools of those who can flatter their vanity and play upon their passions ; and especially , therefore , of the least worthy among women , in whose hands the possession ...
... pleasure , and creatures of intrigue , they necessarily become the tools of those who can flatter their vanity and play upon their passions ; and especially , therefore , of the least worthy among women , in whose hands the possession ...
Pagina 5
... pleasures , which are supposed to be mostly governed in all civilized and refined communities by the influence of women . The general improvement in the moral tone of society alluded to above , at once secures commendation , but having ...
... pleasures , which are supposed to be mostly governed in all civilized and refined communities by the influence of women . The general improvement in the moral tone of society alluded to above , at once secures commendation , but having ...
Pagina 11
... pleasures ; a short period of gay but not free enjoy- ment ; finally , the lottery of marriage , with its joys and its cares , -or single life , with its quiet neglect ; such is the round of their existence . But that a ball or a ...
... pleasures ; a short period of gay but not free enjoy- ment ; finally , the lottery of marriage , with its joys and its cares , -or single life , with its quiet neglect ; such is the round of their existence . But that a ball or a ...
Pagina 15
... pleasures , and some- times of health , to toilsome lessons , -great labour , and large sums spent with masters of every description , from gymnastics to church - architecture , -still produce no increased fruit of mental culture , no ...
... pleasures , and some- times of health , to toilsome lessons , -great labour , and large sums spent with masters of every description , from gymnastics to church - architecture , -still produce no increased fruit of mental culture , no ...
Pagina 27
... pleasures , fearlessly to undertake ! Such are the responsibilities , to prepare for which the young mother , who is as proud of her baby now , as she was of her first ball - dress but a short time before , has , perhaps , never devoted ...
... pleasures , fearlessly to undertake ! Such are the responsibilities , to prepare for which the young mother , who is as proud of her baby now , as she was of her first ball - dress but a short time before , has , perhaps , never devoted ...
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