The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of LecturesJohn Murphy, 1848 - 326 Seiten |
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... human nature , the common field of imaginative com- position , and to have left nothing to be said . But it is not so . When the cry was raised that the world had grown old , and the human mind in these latter days had become exhausted ...
... human nature , the common field of imaginative com- position , and to have left nothing to be said . But it is not so . When the cry was raised that the world had grown old , and the human mind in these latter days had become exhausted ...
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... human form . The progress of the human race from its cradle in the East , has been one triumphal march of improvement . What has been achieved in the last three INTRODUCTORY . 21.
... human form . The progress of the human race from its cradle in the East , has been one triumphal march of improvement . What has been achieved in the last three INTRODUCTORY . 21.
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... sub- limest flights of human eloquence , instead 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 debase- ment to Christian 3 INTRODUCTORY . 25.
... sub- limest flights of human eloquence , instead 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 debase- ment to Christian 3 INTRODUCTORY . 25.
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... human beings instead of wild beasts were made to butcher each other for the amusement of the populace . When we complain , and justly complain of the theatre as falling so far below the standard of morality exhibited by Christianity ...
... human beings instead of wild beasts were made to butcher each other for the amusement of the populace . When we complain , and justly complain of the theatre as falling so far below the standard of morality exhibited by Christianity ...
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... human being over another . The cultivation of the mind is an inexhaustible source of happiness . To the pleasures of thought and meditation there is absolutely no end . It refines and renders more intense , safe , and enduring the ...
... human being over another . The cultivation of the mind is an inexhaustible source of happiness . To the pleasures of thought and meditation there is absolutely no end . It refines and renders more intense , safe , and enduring the ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accomplished affection ages asso Baltimore beauty become character charm Christian civil revolution condition constitution cultivated daughter delight dition domestic duties of woman earth effeminacy elevated ellile enjoyment exer exercise existence feeling female GEORGE W gilt edges give happiness higher consciousness hope hour human heart human mind husband ill health improvement influence instinct of property intellectual interest JOHN MURPHY knowledge labor lectures literary literature live mankind marriage means ment moral constitution moral instincts moral nature mother never noble ornament parents perfect perpetual physical pleasure poet poetry present principle public opinion racter reason refined religion religious render sacred school discipline sentiments sisters social social equality society soul SPHERE AND DUTIES spirit stronger sex suffer sympathy taste things thought tion toil true truth utter whole wife wisdom women young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 240 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Seite 245 - 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...
Seite 228 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Seite 236 - 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. For the angel of death...
Seite 245 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin...
Seite 229 - 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.
Seite 240 - 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...
Seite 246 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; 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.
Seite 243 - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Seite 229 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.