THE HISTORY OF THE CONDITION OF WOMEN, IN VARIOUS AGES AND NATIONS. BY MRS. D. L. CHILD, AUTHOR OF "MOTHER'S BOOK," "FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE," ETC. I am a slave, a favored slave At best, to share his splendor, and seem very blest; What am I then a toy for dotard's play, To wear but till the gilding frets away?-Byron's Corsair ん。 |