The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of LecturesJ. Murphy, 1848 - 326 pages |
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... interest , and which I supposed best calculated to improve the taste and cultivate the intellect . My only regret , on looking over these sheets , is to perceive how imperfectly my limits have permit- ted me to present some of the most ...
... interest , and which I supposed best calculated to improve the taste and cultivate the intellect . My only regret , on looking over these sheets , is to perceive how imperfectly my limits have permit- ted me to present some of the most ...
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... interest in any thing else . So much is it so , that no sooner does a man of genius appear among us , than he is bought up and set to work in the drudgery of politics or commerce , or poverty drives him to waste his divine powers in ...
... interest in any thing else . So much is it so , that no sooner does a man of genius appear among us , than he is bought up and set to work in the drudgery of politics or commerce , or poverty drives him to waste his divine powers in ...
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... interest , and they will probably be induced to procure the books which will give them a more complete and thorough knowledge of it . Now such investiga- tions , when the curiosity is once roused , become the source of intense immediate ...
... interest , and they will probably be induced to procure the books which will give them a more complete and thorough knowledge of it . Now such investiga- tions , when the curiosity is once roused , become the source of intense immediate ...
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... interests have been the same , and even their childish plays , the source to them of infinite delight , have made closer the tie which draws their hearts together . Sisters , blossoms on the same stem , what should ever sever them ...
... interests have been the same , and even their childish plays , the source to them of infinite delight , have made closer the tie which draws their hearts together . Sisters , blossoms on the same stem , what should ever sever them ...
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... a generosity and self sacrifice of sisters to advance the interests of a brother , which I fear is not often reciprocated . I could fill more than one lecture with instances which have come to my personal 6 SPHERE AND DUTIES OF WOMAN . 61.
... a generosity and self sacrifice of sisters to advance the interests of a brother , which I fear is not often reciprocated . I could fill more than one lecture with instances which have come to my personal 6 SPHERE AND DUTIES OF WOMAN . 61.
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Page 26 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 230 - 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...
Page 235 - 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 246 - 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 244 - Is born beneath that kindling eye; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 227 - And there lay the rider, distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail...
Page 44 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 230 - ... 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 thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips, "The foe ! They come ! They come...
Page 219 - 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.
Page 230 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...