Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning" Till A.D. 1850. Arranged in Four Eras. With Selections from Female Writers of Every Age |
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Endowed with superior beauty of person , and a corresponding delicacy of mind , her soul was to " help " him where he was deficient , -namely , in his spiritual nature . She was made for him , not to minister to , and thus increase his ...
Endowed with superior beauty of person , and a corresponding delicacy of mind , her soul was to " help " him where he was deficient , -namely , in his spiritual nature . She was made for him , not to minister to , and thus increase his ...
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loving care he is indebted for preservation during helpless infancy ; that his mind takes its impress from her daily teachings ; from her example he derives faith in those affections and virtues which are the life of the soul ...
loving care he is indebted for preservation during helpless infancy ; that his mind takes its impress from her daily teachings ; from her example he derives faith in those affections and virtues which are the life of the soul ...
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This result will become every year more apparent , if female education and influence go on progressively ; because , as woman rises , she will elevate , proportionably , the mind and life of man . Such is her mission ; for though human ...
This result will become every year more apparent , if female education and influence go on progressively ; because , as woman rises , she will elevate , proportionably , the mind and life of man . Such is her mission ; for though human ...
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Patriotism was the highest virtue of the heathen mind . Which of these two persons showed the most patriotism ? And which mind was the victor ? So , too , of Aspasia . She was the creature of the corrupt institutions which man , by his ...
Patriotism was the highest virtue of the heathen mind . Which of these two persons showed the most patriotism ? And which mind was the victor ? So , too , of Aspasia . She was the creature of the corrupt institutions which man , by his ...
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The marriage of her son to Octavia , the emperor's daughter , consummated the hopes and views of Agrippina , and relieving her from maternal anxiety , allowed her to give up her mind entirely to the affairs of state ; and owing to her ...
The marriage of her son to Octavia , the emperor's daughter , consummated the hopes and views of Agrippina , and relieving her from maternal anxiety , allowed her to give up her mind entirely to the affairs of state ; and owing to her ...
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Página 128 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Página 349 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er. When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 349 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Página 9 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Página 126 - Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Página 38 - God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Página 160 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Página 428 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Página 127 - He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things ; and the rich He hath sent empty away. He hath holpen His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy ; as He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Página 6 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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| Título | Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning" Till A.D. 1850. Arranged in Four Eras. With Selections from Female Writers of Every Age |
| Autor | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale |
| Editor | Harper & brothers, 1853 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 9 Jul. 2007 |
| Largo | 886 páginas |
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