Thoughts on the Moral Order of Nature, Volumen3J. Chambers, 1831 |
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... never , perhaps , more abounded in this and the neighbouring kingdoms than they do at present ; yet , the complaint which aged per- sons generally make of the rapid increase , in them , of a deplo- rable corruption of morals , is , I ...
... never , perhaps , more abounded in this and the neighbouring kingdoms than they do at present ; yet , the complaint which aged per- sons generally make of the rapid increase , in them , of a deplo- rable corruption of morals , is , I ...
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... never have suffered them to be intro- duced , were they practically in possession of half the autho- rity which is legally ascribed to them . Notwithstanding their despotic power , they are so timidly ruled by public opinion , that a ...
... never have suffered them to be intro- duced , were they practically in possession of half the autho- rity which is legally ascribed to them . Notwithstanding their despotic power , they are so timidly ruled by public opinion , that a ...
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... never stimulated to strike women by a fit of brutal caprice . Should a husband thus wantonly ill use his wife , it is probable that he would be made blush for his un- manly conduct by those of his companions who were witnesses to it ...
... never stimulated to strike women by a fit of brutal caprice . Should a husband thus wantonly ill use his wife , it is probable that he would be made blush for his un- manly conduct by those of his companions who were witnesses to it ...
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... never ceasing cause of anxiety to him , and involve him , at last , in greater difficulties than those from which she had , for a time , extri- cated him . If this charge against wives be true , and I do not seek to disprove it , it is ...
... never ceasing cause of anxiety to him , and involve him , at last , in greater difficulties than those from which she had , for a time , extri- cated him . If this charge against wives be true , and I do not seek to disprove it , it is ...
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... never could preserve an imposing consistency , in recommending too severe a treatment of wo- men . Husbands would soon learn , from experience , that , were they to hearken to its advice , when it would urge them to conduct themselves ...
... never could preserve an imposing consistency , in recommending too severe a treatment of wo- men . Husbands would soon learn , from experience , that , were they to hearken to its advice , when it would urge them to conduct themselves ...
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Página 38 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Página 474 - And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet. The smiling infant in his hand shall take The crested basilisk and speckled snake, Pleased the green lustre of the scales survey, And with their forky tongue shall innocently play.
Página 38 - ... to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are cloathed with scarlet.
Página 37 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Página 38 - Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Página 38 - 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 154 - I say, good reason to believe — for the information which I have been able to collect on this subject...
Página 141 - Happy hours are quickly followed by amazing vexations." "Just be thy thought and every word sincere, And know no wish but what the world may hear.