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... woman forsaken and grieved in spirit , " returned to her own family , to her widowed mother's roof , to bear , as best she might , the wreck of her happiness , the shattering of the bark in which she had treasured up her earthly hopes ...
... woman forsaken and grieved in spirit , " returned to her own family , to her widowed mother's roof , to bear , as best she might , the wreck of her happiness , the shattering of the bark in which she had treasured up her earthly hopes ...
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... woman so circumstanced is always placed — a mark for the lynx - eyed detraction and equivocal pity of the surmis- ing and censorious world ; nor made any attempt at self - justification . Possessed of considerable talents , and the ...
... woman so circumstanced is always placed — a mark for the lynx - eyed detraction and equivocal pity of the surmis- ing and censorious world ; nor made any attempt at self - justification . Possessed of considerable talents , and the ...
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... woman forsaken and grieved in spirit , ' of her who would give —what would she not give ? —for the same hope that you have . He ( her husband ) was lately dangerously ill ; until this circumstance I hardly knew the nature of my feelings ...
... woman forsaken and grieved in spirit , ' of her who would give —what would she not give ? —for the same hope that you have . He ( her husband ) was lately dangerously ill ; until this circumstance I hardly knew the nature of my feelings ...
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... woman ; And the triple nature of humanity must be bound by a triple chain , For soul , and mind , and body — godliness , esteem , and affection . " MARTIN F. TUPPER . CHAPTER II , ON THE FEMALE CHARACTER . IF your 16 A WHISPER.
... woman ; And the triple nature of humanity must be bound by a triple chain , For soul , and mind , and body — godliness , esteem , and affection . " MARTIN F. TUPPER . CHAPTER II , ON THE FEMALE CHARACTER . IF your 16 A WHISPER.
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... woman a late writer says , " I consider a religious , sensible , well - bred woman , one of the noblest objects in creation : her conduct is so con- sistent and well regulated ; her friendship so steady ; her feelings so warm and gentle ...
... woman a late writer says , " I consider a religious , sensible , well - bred woman , one of the noblest objects in creation : her conduct is so con- sistent and well regulated ; her friendship so steady ; her feelings so warm and gentle ...
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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...