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... Character 17 III . On General Conduct 24 IV . On Constancy and Fidelity 33 V. On Domestic Habits . 39 VI . On Absence 45 VII . On Expenditure 49 VIII . On Increase of Family 54 IX . Conclusion 56 A WHISPER TO THE WIFE . I. Introductory ...
... Character 17 III . On General Conduct 24 IV . On Constancy and Fidelity 33 V. On Domestic Habits . 39 VI . On Absence 45 VII . On Expenditure 49 VIII . On Increase of Family 54 IX . Conclusion 56 A WHISPER TO THE WIFE . I. Introductory ...
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... character . She was early remarked for possessing many natural advantages of mind and person , and for having profited by a good education . In opening womanhood , her hand was sought by many suitors ; she felt a distinguished ...
... character . She was early remarked for possessing many natural advantages of mind and person , and for having profited by a good education . In opening womanhood , her hand was sought by many suitors ; she felt a distinguished ...
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... character of a man , is the appellation of a good husband ; and he who deserves a contrary designation pro- claims , in the strongest terms , his want of religion , his want of feeling , and his want of understanding . He cannot be a ...
... character of a man , is the appellation of a good husband ; and he who deserves a contrary designation pro- claims , in the strongest terms , his want of religion , his want of feeling , and his want of understanding . He cannot be a ...
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... character , recollect the materials human nature is composed of , and do not expect perfection . Do justice to her merits , and point out her faults ; for I do not ask you to treat her errors with blind indulgence : by no means ; but en ...
... character , recollect the materials human nature is composed of , and do not expect perfection . Do justice to her merits , and point out her faults ; for I do not ask you to treat her errors with blind indulgence : by no means ; but en ...
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... characters , excellent in themselves , are un- suited to each other ; before marriage is the time to ascertain whether sympathy exists . When this harmony is felt it has the effect of giving prominence to every real or fancied agreeable ...
... characters , excellent in themselves , are un- suited to each other ; before marriage is the time to ascertain whether sympathy exists . When this harmony is felt it has the effect of giving prominence to every real or fancied agreeable ...
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Page 108 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 157 - Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls A place and a name better than of sons and of daughters : I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Page 37 - Yet ye say, Wherefore ? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Page 57 - ... so ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: for we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
Page 61 - With what all earth or heaven could bestow , To make her amiable : on she came, Led by her...
Page 36 - Hail, wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! By thee adulterous Lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range ; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Page 88 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from «• following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 21 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 115 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 60 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...