Females of the present day, considered as to their influence on society, by a country lady1831 |
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Sivu 4
... taught us to neglect such of our essential duties as ap- peared to be of minor importance , when com- pared with others which claimed a nearer affinity with those of an intellectual character . That our influence has extended to the ...
... taught us to neglect such of our essential duties as ap- peared to be of minor importance , when com- pared with others which claimed a nearer affinity with those of an intellectual character . That our influence has extended to the ...
Sivu 30
... taught . It happened , unfortunately for us females , that at the same time that accomplishments and refinement were making such formidable ad- vances , and , assisted by fashion , were displaying and overpowering all our former ...
... taught . It happened , unfortunately for us females , that at the same time that accomplishments and refinement were making such formidable ad- vances , and , assisted by fashion , were displaying and overpowering all our former ...
Sivu 52
... taught a lesson of self - importance , which will be remembered , even should the other lessons be forgotten . Rules and precepts are here of no service , unless they plainly result from the practice of those who endeavour to enforce ...
... taught a lesson of self - importance , which will be remembered , even should the other lessons be forgotten . Rules and precepts are here of no service , unless they plainly result from the practice of those who endeavour to enforce ...
Sivu 53
... taught to con- sider that same self as the centre of all gratifi- cation , and the first object of care , anxiety , and solicitude to all around them , the result is apparent . These gratifications may certainly be of a more laudable ...
... taught to con- sider that same self as the centre of all gratifi- cation , and the first object of care , anxiety , and solicitude to all around them , the result is apparent . These gratifications may certainly be of a more laudable ...
Sivu 54
... taught one day in the week , perhaps more frequently , the necessity that ex- ists for a renunciation , according to the baptismal vow , of " the pomps and vanities of this wicked world ; " but should they discover , every remain- ing ...
... taught one day in the week , perhaps more frequently , the necessity that ex- ists for a renunciation , according to the baptismal vow , of " the pomps and vanities of this wicked world ; " but should they discover , every remain- ing ...
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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.