Lectures on the Sphere and Duties of Woman: And Other SubjectsJ. Murphy, 1841 - 272 pages Introduction -- Sphere and duties of woman -- Education of woman -- Moral uses of poetry -- The moral nature of man -- Progress and prospects of society. |
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... of the growls and bellowings of the ring ? It is in vain to expect mankind to step at one stride from barbarism to refinement , from heathen debasement to Christian morality . All the intermediate stages 26 INTRODUCTORY . Theatres ...
... of the growls and bellowings of the ring ? It is in vain to expect mankind to step at one stride from barbarism to refinement , from heathen debasement to Christian morality . All the intermediate stages 26 INTRODUCTORY . Theatres ...
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... mankind . Such a mind as that of Shakspeare does not fall without the circle of Divine Providence . Such a fervid genius as his , showing up man to himself , has not failed to kindle thought in others , and to un- lock secrets in the ...
... mankind . Such a mind as that of Shakspeare does not fall without the circle of Divine Providence . Such a fervid genius as his , showing up man to himself , has not failed to kindle thought in others , and to un- lock secrets in the ...
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... mankind putting away childish things will find their highest pleasure in the pursuit of knowledge ; they will forsake the gaudy shows of the theatre for the higher pleasures of the intellect . As they become more and more intellectual ...
... mankind putting away childish things will find their highest pleasure in the pursuit of knowledge ; they will forsake the gaudy shows of the theatre for the higher pleasures of the intellect . As they become more and more intellectual ...
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... mankind . If it leaves the haunts of man , and go where no foot hath trod , it is not alone . Nature her- self is to it an Infinite Presence . The culti- vated mind , prepared for such communings , finds in a higher consciousness , the ...
... mankind . If it leaves the haunts of man , and go where no foot hath trod , it is not alone . Nature her- self is to it an Infinite Presence . The culti- vated mind , prepared for such communings , finds in a higher consciousness , the ...
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... mankind were bound down to toil . Their whole energies were exhausted in supplying their commonest wants . Now they have pressed into this service the great agencies of nature , fire , and water , and air , and while they are ...
... mankind were bound down to toil . Their whole energies were exhausted in supplying their commonest wants . Now they have pressed into this service the great agencies of nature , fire , and water , and air , and while they are ...
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Page 188 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 202 - The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever. "The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Page 180 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Page 191 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder...
Page 190 - Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide: Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some Beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 180 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 184 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — »The foe! They come! they come!« And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering...
Page 181 - And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride : And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the...
Page 190 - All heaven and earth are still— though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep...
Page 173 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.