The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of LecturesJ. Murphy, 1848 - 326 pages |
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... never feel the burden of solitude , nor can it be overwhelmed in a crowd . Among the multitude , its powers of observation , disciplined by careful training , find the very object they most delight to contemplate , human nature in its ...
... never feel the burden of solitude , nor can it be overwhelmed in a crowd . Among the multitude , its powers of observation , disciplined by careful training , find the very object they most delight to contemplate , human nature in its ...
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... never sated , the great volume of man- kind . If it leaves the haunts of man , and go where no foot hath trod , it is not alone . Nature herself is to it an Infinite Presence . The culti- vated mind , prepared for such communings ...
... never sated , the great volume of man- kind . If it leaves the haunts of man , and go where no foot hath trod , it is not alone . Nature herself is to it an Infinite Presence . The culti- vated mind , prepared for such communings ...
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... , and engulfed in the pleasures of the senses . We ask them if the delusion is never to be dispelled , that life is to be spent in dull drudgery to acquire the means of living 4 INTRODUCTORY . 37 To encourage them a duty.
... , and engulfed in the pleasures of the senses . We ask them if the delusion is never to be dispelled , that life is to be spent in dull drudgery to acquire the means of living 4 INTRODUCTORY . 37 To encourage them a duty.
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... never can be settled , and which it is unimportant to decide one way or the other . It is a question to which the human powers are inadequate . All souls come from God and are made for immor- tality . The distinction of the sexes is ...
... never can be settled , and which it is unimportant to decide one way or the other . It is a question to which the human powers are inadequate . All souls come from God and are made for immor- tality . The distinction of the sexes is ...
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... never seen no- ticed by any writer on the moral constitution of man , the instinctive reverence which the two sexes have for each other above and beyond that which they cherish for their own . It is a sort of human religion . The human ...
... never seen no- ticed by any writer on the moral constitution of man , the instinctive reverence which the two sexes have for each other above and beyond that which they cherish for their own . It is a sort of human religion . The human ...
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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...