The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of LecturesJ. Murphy, 1848 - 326 |
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... thing is said to their disparagement in comparison with those of her eastern sisters , it ought to be recollected by how many years they are her elders . Long after the Puritans had laid the foundations of Boston , and at the very ...
... thing is said to their disparagement in comparison with those of her eastern sisters , it ought to be recollected by how many years they are her elders . Long after the Puritans had laid the foundations of Boston , and at the very ...
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... thing else . So much is it so , that no sooner does a man of genius appear among us , than he is bought up and set to work in the drudgery of politics or commerce , or poverty drives him to waste his divine powers in some prison - house ...
... thing else . So much is it so , that no sooner does a man of genius appear among us , than he is bought up and set to work in the drudgery of politics or commerce , or poverty drives him to waste his divine powers in some prison - house ...
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... things , he asked him why he did not stay there , as he received a large salary , and was the head of the establishment . How could he aban- don so eligible a situation , and come back to be a subordinate at home , with a comparatively ...
... things , he asked him why he did not stay there , as he received a large salary , and was the head of the establishment . How could he aban- don so eligible a situation , and come back to be a subordinate at home , with a comparatively ...
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... things are about them , I have no doubt that they have providentially played their part in the progressive civilization of the world . In the age of Shaks- peare they long struggled with , and finally superseded the coarser and ...
... things are about them , I have no doubt that they have providentially played their part in the progressive civilization of the world . In the age of Shaks- peare they long struggled with , and finally superseded the coarser and ...
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... things will find their highest pleasure in the pursuit of knowledge ; they will forsake the gaudy shows of the theatre for the higher plea- sures of the intellect . As they become more and more intellectual beings , so will they take ...
... things will find their highest pleasure in the pursuit of knowledge ; they will forsake the gaudy shows of the theatre for the higher plea- sures of the intellect . As they become more and more intellectual beings , so will they take ...
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Strona 26 - 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.
Strona 230 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Strona 235 - 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...
Strona 246 - The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever. "The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Strona 244 - Is born beneath that kindling eye; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Strona 227 - And there lay the rider, distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail...
Strona 44 - 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...
Strona 230 - ... mustering squadron, and the clattering car Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips, "The foe ! They come ! They come...
Strona 219 - 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.
Strona 230 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...