The Poor Girl and True Woman: Or, Elements of Woman's Success Drawn from the Life of Mary Lyon and OthersGould and Lincoln, 1859 - 353 pages |
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... accomplish our purpose more success- fully . Girls , no less than boys , need to know how they can make the most of life . It will aid them to learn how others have lived and labored . The strong points of female character will thus be ...
... accomplish our purpose more success- fully . Girls , no less than boys , need to know how they can make the most of life . It will aid them to learn how others have lived and labored . The strong points of female character will thus be ...
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... accomplish . The older she grew , the more her soul was absorbed in her purpose . And , finally , she seemed to desire life only to render herself useful by teaching the young . Even when she received a good offer of marriage , she ...
... accomplish . The older she grew , the more her soul was absorbed in her purpose . And , finally , she seemed to desire life only to render herself useful by teaching the young . Even when she received a good offer of marriage , she ...
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... had no just idea of what female influence is . Perhaps here may be found a reason for the want of effort among females to accomplish noble things . It is certain that the conviction of incompetency , in this regard , must disqualify 5.
... had no just idea of what female influence is . Perhaps here may be found a reason for the want of effort among females to accomplish noble things . It is certain that the conviction of incompetency , in this regard , must disqualify 5.
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... accomplished by her sex can lead her to this con- clusion . Some writer has said that " there is no country on earth , except France , which woman has not governed . " Does the reader say , " she has not governed America ? " She has ...
... accomplished by her sex can lead her to this con- clusion . Some writer has said that " there is no country on earth , except France , which woman has not governed . " Does the reader say , " she has not governed America ? " She has ...
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... accomplished so much , then what would ten , one hundred , a thousand , do , at home and abroad ? Suppose that one - third of the three thousand pupils whom she instructed became teachers , and that each one of these qualified only one ...
... accomplished so much , then what would ten , one hundred , a thousand , do , at home and abroad ? Suppose that one - third of the three thousand pupils whom she instructed became teachers , and that each one of these qualified only one ...
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accomplished ADOLPH MONOD adorn amusements attention beautiful soul beauty become benevolent better bless boys brother called CHAPTER charms Christian daugh daughter death dollars dress duty element of character ELIZABETH HERVEY errands of mercy evil example fashion father female character filial fortitude girls grace habit hand Hannah Hannah Adams happy heart Henry Laurens honor hour husband influence instructed kind to thy labor Lady Jane Grey live LYON'S Madame De Stael Mary Lyon ment mind Miss Lyon moral mother ness never noble ornament parents perseverance person piety pious pleasure poor possess Princess punctual pupils qualities reader remark replied scarcely self-reliance sister society soul South Hadley sphere spirit success teacher teaching things thou thought thousand tion true TRUE WOMAN vanity Vanity Fair virtues wife women young ladies youth
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Page 119 - The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Page 195 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 255 - And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Page 196 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 195 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; And in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Page 255 - And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Page 60 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Page 176 - But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That, so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way, sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving...
Page 170 - Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, * Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Page 52 - She became prudent from affection; and though of the most generous nature, she was taught economy and frugality by her love for me. During the most critical period of my life, she preserved order in my affairs, from the care of which she relieved me. She gently reclaimed me from dissipation; she propped my weak and irresolute nature; she urged my indolence to all the exertions that have been useful or creditable to me; and she was perpetually at hand to admonish my heedlessness and improvidence....