The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of LecturesThese lectures to the women of Baltimore reveal the social behavior expected of ladies throughout the second half of the 19th century. |
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236. oldal
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold , And his cohorts were
gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the
sea , When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee . “ Like the leaves of the
forest ...
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold , And his cohorts were
gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the
sea , When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee . “ Like the leaves of the
forest ...
Mit mondanak mások - Írjon ismertetőt
Nem találtunk ismertetőket a szokott helyeken.
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
accomplished affection appear beauty become better called cause character Christianity comes common condition constitution course cultivated daughter developed duties early earth elevated equal exercise existence experience expression fact feeling female give given greater hand happiness heart hope hour human important improvement influence instinct instruction intellectual interest knowledge labor lectures less literature live mankind means ment mind moral mother nature necessary never night opinion original pass perfect perpetual persons physical pleasure poetry possess practical present principle reason receive relation religion render respect secure sense sentiments social society soul speak species sphere spirit spring strength suffer thing thought tion true truth universal whole wife wisdom woman women young youth
Népszerű szakaszok
26. oldal - 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.
230. oldal - 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...
235. oldal - 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...
246. oldal - 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.
244. oldal - Is born beneath that kindling eye; Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
227. oldal - And there lay the rider, distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail...
44. oldal - 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...
230. oldal - ... 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...
219. oldal - 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.
230. oldal - 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...
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures 422. kiadás/Gerritsen collection of women's history |
| Szerző | George W. Burnap |
| Kiadás | 2 |
| Kiadó | J. Murphy, 1848 |
| Terjedelem | 326 oldal |
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