True Womanhood: Memorials of Eliza HesselHamilton, Adams, 1859 - 317 pages |
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... duties , she added literary culture , and a character adorned with Christian virtues . " My model , " said she , " is perfect in everything that comes within the sphere of a virtuous , intelligent , domestic woman ; —so perfect , that ...
... duties , she added literary culture , and a character adorned with Christian virtues . " My model , " said she , " is perfect in everything that comes within the sphere of a virtuous , intelligent , domestic woman ; —so perfect , that ...
Page 10
... duties indicated the just views she entertained of their relation to social comfort . The design of this book , however , is not to erect a monu- ment to the departed , much less to magnify her virtues , but to furnish such a record of ...
... duties indicated the just views she entertained of their relation to social comfort . The design of this book , however , is not to erect a monu- ment to the departed , much less to magnify her virtues , but to furnish such a record of ...
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... duties of life . Oh ! these are pain- ful reminiscences . " She remained at Melton - Mowbray about ten months , and after having benefited by the educational advantages Tad- caster afforded , entered a boarding - school at Leeds in Janu ...
... duties of life . Oh ! these are pain- ful reminiscences . " She remained at Melton - Mowbray about ten months , and after having benefited by the educational advantages Tad- caster afforded , entered a boarding - school at Leeds in Janu ...
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... duties - privileges , they ought rather to be designated . In an early letter to the friend whose remi- niscences have just been furnished , she says , " I will tell you , dear Sarah , what were my reflections the first day I was at ...
... duties - privileges , they ought rather to be designated . In an early letter to the friend whose remi- niscences have just been furnished , she says , " I will tell you , dear Sarah , what were my reflections the first day I was at ...
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... duties of life . She had no notion , however , of her education terminating with her attendance at the school . In the letter just quoted from , she says : — " I am endeavouring , in this rural retreat , to gain some- thing every day ...
... duties of life . She had no notion , however , of her education terminating with her attendance at the school . In the letter just quoted from , she says : — " I am endeavouring , in this rural retreat , to gain some- thing every day ...
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