Lectures on the Sphere and Duties of Woman: And Other SubjectsJ. Murphy, 1841 - 272 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 41
... possessions . Finally we appeal to woman , in whose heart every enterprize for human good is sure to find a warm and a powerful advo- cate . When we tell her that the cause in which we are engaged , is the endeavor to elevate and refine ...
... possessions . Finally we appeal to woman , in whose heart every enterprize for human good is sure to find a warm and a powerful advo- cate . When we tell her that the cause in which we are engaged , is the endeavor to elevate and refine ...
الصفحة 90
... possession of a secret , affecting the peace of whole fa- milies , and which every tie of humanity would persuade her to bury in utter obli- vion , and what does she do ? Stay at home and forget it by pursuing her accustomed avocations ...
... possession of a secret , affecting the peace of whole fa- milies , and which every tie of humanity would persuade her to bury in utter obli- vion , and what does she do ? Stay at home and forget it by pursuing her accustomed avocations ...
الصفحة 97
... possession of a people it becomes an enormous evil , politi- cally speaking . It is sufficient to upset the balance of trade , and drain the precious metals from a country . If the American woman chooses to pur- chase with a whole day's ...
... possession of a people it becomes an enormous evil , politi- cally speaking . It is sufficient to upset the balance of trade , and drain the precious metals from a country . If the American woman chooses to pur- chase with a whole day's ...
الصفحة 144
... possessions , may be destined to meet such a fate as this . She will be best prepared for the crisis , who has the best practical knowledge of affairs , of the various cares and duties , which may , by any possibility , fall to the lot ...
... possessions , may be destined to meet such a fate as this . She will be best prepared for the crisis , who has the best practical knowledge of affairs , of the various cares and duties , which may , by any possibility , fall to the lot ...
الصفحة 174
... possession of the supreme authority . His sons , Hippias and Hippar- chus , attempted to tread in his footsteps , but in vain . They inherited all their father's tyranny with none of his virtues . A con- spiracy was formed to rid the ...
... possession of the supreme authority . His sons , Hippias and Hippar- chus , attempted to tread in his footsteps , but in vain . They inherited all their father's tyranny with none of his virtues . A con- spiracy was formed to rid the ...
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الصفحة 197 - Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had liv'da blessed time; for, from this instant, There's nothing serious in mortality : All is but toys : renown, and grace, is dead ; The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of.
الصفحة 188 - 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...
الصفحة 181 - And there lay the rider, distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail...
الصفحة 180 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 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.
الصفحة 46 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
الصفحة 180 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
الصفحة 183 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.— But hark!
الصفحة 173 - 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.
الصفحة 184 - 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...
الصفحة 27 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.