A Treatise on the Education of DaughtersC. Ewer, 1821 - 214 páginas |
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Página 212 - Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Página 212 - openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She
Página 114 - observe—" But have you seen the wisdom of such a person ? Of what colour is it ? Have you heard it ? Does it make much noise? Have you touched it ? Is it cold or hot ?" The child will laugh: nevertheless put the same questions relating to wit or
Página 14 - animate the bliss, And sweeten all the toils of human life : This be the female dignity and praise
Página 211 - or evil. Thus are they fond of the reputation of being anxious for the good education of their children, and yet are unwilling to be at the pains of complying with the most indispensable rules of it. Let us conclude with the picture which the wise man has drawn of a virtuous woman. " Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price
Página 52 - their fidelity, their discretion, but above all, their piety, which is the foundation of the rest. If a child has any thing about it revolting or offensive, you must observe to it that "piety does not produce such defects: when it is perfect, it destroys, or at least softens
Página 103 - to them nothing .which may not be clothed with sensible images. Represent God as seated on a throne—with eyes more brilliant than the rays of the sun, and more piercing than the
Página 120 - of the soul governing the body. She will perceive the cause of this disorder in the history of the sin of our first parents; and this history will lead her to that of the Saviour, who reconciles man to
Página 14 - But admitting that women are by nature weaker than men, what is the consequence ? What, but that the weaker they are, the more they stand in need of support. Have they not duties to perform, which are the very foundation of human existence ? Consider, it is women who ruin or uphold families ; who regulate the
Página 11 - ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS. THE Education of Girls is, in general, exceedingly neglected :* custom, and maternal caprice, often appear to have the entire regulation of it. It absolutely seems as if we supposed the sex to be in need of little or no instruction. On the other hand, the