The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of LecturesJohn Murphy, 1848 - 326 Seiten |
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... thought it equitable to select such subjects for a part of it as would be equally interesting to all . I chose therefore for the last three lectures topics of a literary and philosophical cast , in which every mind has an equal interest ...
... thought it equitable to select such subjects for a part of it as would be equally interesting to all . I chose therefore for the last three lectures topics of a literary and philosophical cast , in which every mind has an equal interest ...
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... thoughts on these subjects , he hopes to increase the value and usefulness of a book , which has already met a favorable reception from the public . INTRODUCTION ..... American Literature . American Curiosity . Theatres declining. viii ...
... thoughts on these subjects , he hopes to increase the value and usefulness of a book , which has already met a favorable reception from the public . INTRODUCTION ..... American Literature . American Curiosity . Theatres declining. viii ...
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... thought stands the best chance of being original . I sometimes think that it is not so great a disadvantage that our philosophers cannot immure themselves in libraries , and bury themselves in books . We see man under new aspects , to ...
... thought stands the best chance of being original . I sometimes think that it is not so great a disadvantage that our philosophers cannot immure themselves in libraries , and bury themselves in books . We see man under new aspects , to ...
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... existence under better auspices , for it enters upon the world , not only rich in itself , but laden with the spoils of all past time . Thousands have thought and contrived , millions have labored for what we now 20 INTRODUCTORY .
... existence under better auspices , for it enters upon the world , not only rich in itself , but laden with the spoils of all past time . Thousands have thought and contrived , millions have labored for what we now 20 INTRODUCTORY .
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... thought in others , and to unlock secrets in the hearts of the unreflecting , which otherwise would have remained for ever undisclosed . There are at the present period strong indica- tions that either the taste , or the moral sense of ...
... thought in others , and to unlock secrets in the hearts of the unreflecting , which otherwise would have remained for ever undisclosed . There are at the present period strong indica- tions that either the taste , or the moral sense of ...
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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.