 | 1837 - 830 pages
...period of twentyfour, a certain want of fulness in her proportions is already perceptible ; and, onre passed the age of thirty, the whole fabric goes seemingly...but they are then only the silent witnesses of the triumphs of their daughters. An American mother is the nurse, tutor, friend, and counsellor of her... | |
 | Robert Walsh - United States - 1837 - 504 pages
...of twenty-four a certain want of fulness in her proportions is already perceptible ; and, once past the age of thirty, the whole fabric goes seemingly...world. At the period of ushering their children into sociefy they appear, indeed, once more as respectable matrons ; but they are then only the silent witnesses... | |
 | 1837 - 754 pages
...to the great assiduity with which American ladies discharge their duties as mothers. No sooner nre they married than they begin to lead a life of comparative...but they are then only the silent witnesses of the triumphs of their daughters. An American mother is the nurse, tutor, friend, and counsellor of her... | |
 | Arthur Wallace Calhoun - Families - 1918 - 400 pages
...in the person of her daughter." Another considered the early fading of woman's beauty attributable "to the great assiduity with which American ladies...once mothers they are actually buried to the world." Bunn, a mid-century author, thought women should "not marry at so tender an age, nor have half-a-dozen... | |
 | Arthur Wallace Calhoun - Families - 1918 - 406 pages
...in the person of her daughter." Another considered the early fading of woman's beauty attributable "to the great assiduity with which American ladies...seclusion, and once mothers they are actually buried to tlie_world." Bunn, a mid-century author, thought women should "not marry at so tender an age, nor have... | |
 | 272 pages
...At the period of twenty-four, a certain want of fulness in her proportions is already pereeptible; and once passed the age of thirty, the whole fabric...their children into society, they appear, indeed, more as respectable matrons ; but they are then only the silent witnesses of the trinmphs of their... | |
 | Ann Crittenden - Family & Relationships - 2002 - 340 pages
...the United States during the 1830s, Francis Grund, attributed the general ill health of married women "to the great assiduity with which American ladies...and once mothers, they are actually buried to the world."7 Alexis de Tocqueville was also struck by the "extreme dependence" of American women and the... | |
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I ascribe it more willingly to the great assiduity with which American ladies discharge their duties as mothers. No sooner are they married than they begin to lead a life of comparative seclusion ; and once mothers, they are actually buried to the world. 