Females of the present day, considered as to their influence on society, by a country lady1831 |
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Sivu 10
... folly . Many circumstances certainly conspired at the period I allude to , which promised to facili- tate the means for the attainment of celebrity . Wonderful and unexpected discoveries and im- provements in science were applied to pur ...
... folly . Many circumstances certainly conspired at the period I allude to , which promised to facili- tate the means for the attainment of celebrity . Wonderful and unexpected discoveries and im- provements in science were applied to pur ...
Sivu 21
... folly and vanity . Poor little children ! I have pitied you from my heart when I have seen you admired , ex- tolled , and caressed , and adorned , as it were , for a sacrifice to vanity - that too general and fatal feminine weakness ...
... folly and vanity . Poor little children ! I have pitied you from my heart when I have seen you admired , ex- tolled , and caressed , and adorned , as it were , for a sacrifice to vanity - that too general and fatal feminine weakness ...
Sivu 36
... from our share in the task of contributing to the good or evil of society , they add in due proportion to the necessity of our exertions for this purpose . Neither religion or reason , nor fashion or folly , CHAP IV Feminine Duties.
... from our share in the task of contributing to the good or evil of society , they add in due proportion to the necessity of our exertions for this purpose . Neither religion or reason , nor fashion or folly , CHAP IV Feminine Duties.
Sivu 37
Females. Neither religion or reason , nor fashion or folly , can by any means prove that this power , which we possess , can be rendered nugatory ; we are using it for one purpose , or another . Women were doubtless intended by Nature to ...
Females. Neither religion or reason , nor fashion or folly , can by any means prove that this power , which we possess , can be rendered nugatory ; we are using it for one purpose , or another . Women were doubtless intended by Nature to ...
Sivu 43
... folly , and by contracted . views , and by many and various impulses of common and merely worldly dispositions . But we may sometimes perceive , and admire , that economy which results from the qualities most strongly opposed to these ...
... folly , and by contracted . views , and by many and various impulses of common and merely worldly dispositions . But we may sometimes perceive , and admire , that economy which results from the qualities most strongly opposed to these ...
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accom accomplishments advantages afford altogether amongst ance arts attainment cation certainly changed habits CHAP charity christian circumstances claim comfort considerable considered contemplations countrywomen cultivation degra deserted desire directed discovered disorder disposed domestic duties economy employments enlight Eton evil exercise fail false fashion feelings female world feminine fluence folly fortune frequently gained gentility graceful habits happiness hope human human nature idle improvement instruction JOHN HATCHARD judgment justly labour ladies learned less mama Mammon marriage means ment misery modern modes morality nature neglect neighbours numbers parents perceive performance perhaps plishments poor portion portunities possess poverty power and influence practice present produce proficiency promote purpose pursuits quadrille rank and degree rational refinement regulate religion religious render respectability secure seek servants share sidered society tained taste taught thing tion truth vanity variance views wealth wicked world wisdom wise worldly
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Sivu 61 - Thou who dwellest in the heavens ! 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, And as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress, So do our eyes look to the LORD, our God, Until he have pity upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us...
Sivu iii - Wouldst thou be spoken of to the king, or to the captain of the host?
Sivu 124 - Should the time ever arrive, when common sense should again triumph, and dispel the illusions which fashion and falsehood have united to spread around us, it will be scarcely possible to gain credit for some of the instances of inconsistency and absurdity of these days, particularly in the business of religion. Will it be believed that well-educated women pro...
Sivu 142 - Samaritan, but we who are told to be " wise as serpents " as well as
Sivu 18 - The business of female life, for some years past, has consisted of a cultivation of those resources which were formerly considered as its amusements.