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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... grace and disrespect . " In short , she was educated not to shine but to act , not to be a royal belle , but a model woman . Her heart was not cultivated less than her intellect . And the good results of that early culture are known to ...
... grace and disrespect . " In short , she was educated not to shine but to act , not to be a royal belle , but a model woman . Her heart was not cultivated less than her intellect . And the good results of that early culture are known to ...
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... laughing eye and bounding heart , " Give me position ! Let wealth be mine , and let me be dandled in the lap of luxury , while admirers flock around my path , and grace and beauty be- come my passport to honored circles . And when my.
... laughing eye and bounding heart , " Give me position ! Let wealth be mine , and let me be dandled in the lap of luxury , while admirers flock around my path , and grace and beauty be- come my passport to honored circles . And when my.
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... serving girl " or do- mestic " may not adorn her character with the grace of intelligence . It has been done . It may be done again . 66 We have incidentally spoken in this and a former chapter 68 THE POOR GIRL AND TRUE WOMAN .
... serving girl " or do- mestic " may not adorn her character with the grace of intelligence . It has been done . It may be done again . 66 We have incidentally spoken in this and a former chapter 68 THE POOR GIRL AND TRUE WOMAN .
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... 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 we find requests like the following : " My dear mother , I very much need your prayers that I may ...
... 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 we find requests like the following : " My dear mother , I very much need your prayers that I may ...
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... grace and beauty beyond the power of rhetoric to de- scribe in every such example of filial trust . We are confident that every such GOOD DAUGHTER will become a good and useful woman . It is the sentiment of mankind generally , that ...
... grace and beauty beyond the power of rhetoric to de- scribe in every such example of filial trust . We are confident that every such GOOD DAUGHTER will become a good and useful woman . It is the sentiment of mankind generally , that ...
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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....