Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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... perfection , to lay the result of their labours before the public , with an earnest prayer that the good it may effect , be in some degree commensurate with their aim and endeavours . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PART I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE.
... perfection , to lay the result of their labours before the public , with an earnest prayer that the good it may effect , be in some degree commensurate with their aim and endeavours . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PART I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE.
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... result of the false deifica- tion of our sex in a semi - barbarous age , and of the frightful corruption which waited upon the long agonies of the feudal system ; a shadow , which a better tone of education , and a higher view of ...
... result of the false deifica- tion of our sex in a semi - barbarous age , and of the frightful corruption which waited upon the long agonies of the feudal system ; a shadow , which a better tone of education , and a higher view of ...
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... results , had not education and society conspired to render their moral tone weak , and their minds insipid . To look then , first , at our social pleasures , which are supposed to be mostly governed in all civilized and refined ...
... results , had not education and society conspired to render their moral tone weak , and their minds insipid . To look then , first , at our social pleasures , which are supposed to be mostly governed in all civilized and refined ...
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... result of her influence is below what we were naturally led to expect in a period such as ours . It has not 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 ...
... result of her influence is below what we were naturally led to expect in a period such as ours . It has not 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 ...
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... results , in so far as it makes a false show and pretends to keep pace with the necessities of the times , while , in truth , doing little more than widen the sphere of frivolity , in so far we think all the boasted improvements of ...
... results , in so far as it makes a false show and pretends to keep pace with the necessities of the times , while , in truth , doing little more than widen the sphere of frivolity , in so far we think all the boasted improvements of ...
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