Lectures on the Sphere and Duties of Woman: And Other SubjectsJ. Murphy, 1841 - Всего страниц: 272 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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... , she wel- comes the prospect as a state of things where her gentle virtues will be best appreciated , and the sphere in which she moves be most replete with honor , happiness , and content- ment . 4 * INTRODUCTORY . 41.
... , she wel- comes the prospect as a state of things where her gentle virtues will be best appreciated , and the sphere in which she moves be most replete with honor , happiness , and content- ment . 4 * INTRODUCTORY . 41.
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... ment . We do not flatter her when we re- mind her how much influence she has in forming the taste and directing the pursuits of the other sex , how far the hope of her favor determines the aspirations and the efforts of those who are ...
... ment . We do not flatter her when we re- mind her how much influence she has in forming the taste and directing the pursuits of the other sex , how far the hope of her favor determines the aspirations and the efforts of those who are ...
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... ment , which are the natural expressions of the gushings of parental affection , have a shade of tenderness towards a daughter which is not bestowed upon an infant of the rougher sex . This arises not so much from any material ...
... ment , which are the natural expressions of the gushings of parental affection , have a shade of tenderness towards a daughter which is not bestowed upon an infant of the rougher sex . This arises not so much from any material ...
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... ment of domestic affairs , which is almost sure to ensue , can always keep her temper serene . A serene temper is perhaps the first requi- site to domestic happiness . Any failure here strikes at the root of all enjoyment . Our sources ...
... ment of domestic affairs , which is almost sure to ensue , can always keep her temper serene . A serene temper is perhaps the first requi- site to domestic happiness . Any failure here strikes at the root of all enjoyment . Our sources ...
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... ment , more than in any thing else . Wherever there is entire confidence , and a consciousness of true attachment , there is the very material of satisfaction . Existence under those circum- stances is happiness . We breathe it like the ...
... ment , more than in any thing else . Wherever there is entire confidence , and a consciousness of true attachment , there is the very material of satisfaction . Existence under those circum- stances is happiness . We breathe it like the ...
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Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.