Females of the present day, considered as to their influence on society, by a country lady1831 |
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Sivu 4
... human efforts , we have contrived to coun- teract the good , and by the usual means too , of aiming at too much , by failing in that wisdom which alone erects just bounds to our finite in- tellectual capacities . We have been pursuing ...
... human efforts , we have contrived to coun- teract the good , and by the usual means too , of aiming at too much , by failing in that wisdom which alone erects just bounds to our finite in- tellectual capacities . We have been pursuing ...
Sivu 5
... human condition : but when we hear only of virtue , charity , goodness , excellence , and almost human perfection , as the universal attributes of the educated portion of the female world , and we see them at the same time adorned with ...
... human condition : but when we hear only of virtue , charity , goodness , excellence , and almost human perfection , as the universal attributes of the educated portion of the female world , and we see them at the same time adorned with ...
Sivu 6
... human heart , and one which requires all the control which religion , reason , and good judgment can bestow , to regulate its just limits : but this impulse re- ceived , perhaps , a considerable stimulus , when those rapid and ...
... human heart , and one which requires all the control which religion , reason , and good judgment can bestow , to regulate its just limits : but this impulse re- ceived , perhaps , a considerable stimulus , when those rapid and ...
Sivu 8
... human ingenuity was soon employed in devising other expedients for the attainment of these uncertain advantages . Notoriety became the fashion ; and the female world soon joined in a pursuit which promised to lead them to fame and ...
... human ingenuity was soon employed in devising other expedients for the attainment of these uncertain advantages . Notoriety became the fashion ; and the female world soon joined in a pursuit which promised to lead them to fame and ...
Sivu 9
... human depravity and human in- mity over the powerful advantages of birth , aucation , and refinement ; yet neither the ex- ample nor the influence of this rank of society are of great importance , as tending to the proof of the charge I ...
... human depravity and human in- mity over the powerful advantages of birth , aucation , and refinement ; yet neither the ex- ample nor the influence of this rank of society are of great importance , as tending to the proof of the charge I ...
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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.