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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... to learn how others have lived and labored . The strong points of female character will thus be made to appear in their vigor and loveliness . CHAPTER II . A PURPOSE . RESOLVED TO IMPROVE HER 28 THE POOR GIRL AND TRUE WOMAN .
... to learn how others have lived and labored . The strong points of female character will thus be made to appear in their vigor and loveliness . CHAPTER II . A PURPOSE . RESOLVED TO IMPROVE HER 28 THE POOR GIRL AND TRUE WOMAN .
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... appear quite calm . Lucy married , however , and went away . She was ab- sent two or three years , during which time the brother continued a maniac , fiercer than he was while Lucy was at home . At the expiration of this time she ...
... appear quite calm . Lucy married , however , and went away . She was ab- sent two or three years , during which time the brother continued a maniac , fiercer than he was while Lucy was at home . At the expiration of this time she ...
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... appears to advantage only in its appropriate sphere . Who can respect Joan of Arc , the Maid of Orleans , who buckled on the soldier's armor , and went to the tented field ? Her remarkable prowess and bril- liant victories do not atone ...
... appears to advantage only in its appropriate sphere . Who can respect Joan of Arc , the Maid of Orleans , who buckled on the soldier's armor , and went to the tented field ? Her remarkable prowess and bril- liant victories do not atone ...
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... appears to have had great confidence in her mother's prayers . Whenever she felt the need of more grace and holiness of heart , she would sit down and write to her mother for a remembrance in her supplications . In many of her letters ...
... appears to have had great confidence in her mother's prayers . Whenever she felt the need of more grace and holiness of heart , she would sit down and write to her mother for a remembrance in her supplications . In many of her letters ...
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... appears to be a similar connection between the fraternal tie and future distinction , that exists between the latter and the filial relation . The virtues that are indis- pensable to a true sister are those which lead to usefulness in ...
... appears to be a similar connection between the fraternal tie and future distinction , that exists between the latter and the filial relation . The virtues that are indis- pensable to a true sister are those which lead to usefulness in ...
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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....