Female Biography: Containing Notices of Distinguished Women, in Different Nations and AgesJ. Carpenter, 1834 - 501 páginas |
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Página iii
... influence of women , both in times past , and at the present . Alexander , in his history of women , has stated a great number of facts to show that in oriental countries , women have always been in a degraded state . He draws too many ...
... influence of women , both in times past , and at the present . Alexander , in his history of women , has stated a great number of facts to show that in oriental countries , women have always been in a degraded state . He draws too many ...
Página iv
... influence . The Roman women had , from the earliest days of their history , a command- ing influence in the affairs of state , as well as in domestic concerns ; not arising , as some have supposed , from immunities granted them for the ...
... influence . The Roman women had , from the earliest days of their history , a command- ing influence in the affairs of state , as well as in domestic concerns ; not arising , as some have supposed , from immunities granted them for the ...
Página v
... influence , the wit , and the acquirements of women . It may be said that these are creatures of the imagination ; grant it in part , still no image will please the world that has not some prototype in nature . If these lovely pictures ...
... influence , the wit , and the acquirements of women . It may be said that these are creatures of the imagination ; grant it in part , still no image will please the world that has not some prototype in nature . If these lovely pictures ...
Página vi
... influence of ardent spirits , she approached him , threw a blanket over his face , and in an instant he was quiet and suffered himself to be tied , and cast upon the floor ; and he harbored no resentment the next day towards her for the ...
... influence of ardent spirits , she approached him , threw a blanket over his face , and in an instant he was quiet and suffered himself to be tied , and cast upon the floor ; and he harbored no resentment the next day towards her for the ...
Página vii
... influence in every grade of society . I contend for an equality among the sexes , but it would be worse than idle to urge a similarity of pursuits , as some have done . The doctrine that each should fill their proper sphere , such as ...
... influence in every grade of society . I contend for an equality among the sexes , but it would be worse than idle to urge a similarity of pursuits , as some have done . The doctrine that each should fill their proper sphere , such as ...
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Página 52 - And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Página 58 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Página 389 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Página 21 - The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Página 22 - Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife : there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Página 381 - YE say, they all have passed away, That noble race and brave; That their light canoes have vanished From off the crested wave; That, 'mid the forests where they roamed, There rings no hunter's shout; But their name is on your waters, — Ye may not wash it out.
Página 21 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
Página 303 - THE playful smiles around the dimpled mouth, That happy air of majesty and truth, So would I draw : but oh ! 'tis vain to try ; My narrow genius does the power deny. The equal lustre of the heavenly mind, Where every grace with every virtue's...
Página 438 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband : and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Página 95 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness ; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine...