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" No more — but hasten to thy tasks at home, There guide the spindle and direct the loom. Me glory summons to the martial scene ; The field of combat is the sphere for men. Where heroes war, the foremost place I claim, The first in danger, as the first... "
The Iliad, tr. by A. Pope - Page 154
by Homerus - 1807
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Utopia: Containing an Impartial History of the Manners, Customs ..., Volume 2

Saint Thomas More - Utopias - 1808 - 334 pages
...; AM ti? oTxon latra, to, Qnvrns eg/a xoptl^t 'lr°tr, >iAixx»T)jy fi. Iliad, lib. vi. v. 4^0,1. " hasten to thy tasks at home, There guide the spindle, and direct the loom." Pope's transl. " Hence, then, to our abode ; there weave or spin, And task thy maidens." . Cowper's...
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All the Works of Epictetus, which are Now Extant: Consisting of ..., Volume 2

Epictetus - Conduct of life - 1768 - 368 pages
...lut hqflen to thy Ta/ks at borne, There guide the Spindle, and direft the Loom. Me, Glory fummons, to the 'Martial Scene, The Field of Combat is the Sphere for Men. POPE'S Homer. Thus confcious he Was of his own Qualifications, and of her Weaknefs. CHAP. XXIII. Concerning...
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Genuine Letters from a Gentleman to a Young Lady His Pupil ..., Volume 1

J. Preston (Teacher) - Conduct of life - 1772 - 352 pages
...— but bajlen to thy Tajks at home There guide the Spindle, and direff the Loom j Me Glory fummont to the martial Scene, The Field of Combat is the Sphere for Men* Where Heroes war, theforemoji Place The fir/1 in Danger, as the fir ft' in Fame* Throughout the wftote...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 26

1798 - 618 pages
...attention of our readers to those employments (studies they deserve not to be called) which it is " - Hasten to thy tasks at home, There guide the spindle...scene, The field of combat is the sphere for men." . POPE. * Moralists, poets, and dramatic writers, have dealt harshly with the fair sex. — Argument...
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Remarks on ecclesiastical history, [v. 2-3]. v. 3. Remarks on ecclesiastical ...

John Jortin - Apologetics - 1805 - 394 pages
...osculum, Parvosque natos, ut capitis minor, Ab se removisse, ei virilem Torvus humi posuisse vultum. « No more — but hasten to thy tasks at home, There guide the spindle, and direct the loom. was much admired for it. ' Piniano juncta erat, juveni nobilissimo, quera duorum filiorum patrem fecerat....
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Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and ...

Slave trade - 1805 - 378 pages
...mournful and alone ; Tell him this moment to the fight I fly, Resplv'd to conquer, or resolv'd to die ; Me glory summons to the martial scene, The field of combat is the sphere for men : Where heroes fight the foremost place I claim-j The first in danger, as the first in fame," Then...
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Remarks on Ecclesiastical History, Volume 2

John Jortin - Church history - 1805 - 478 pages
...designs : the first was to propagate Christianity and to convert unbelievers ; the otherwas * No ipore— but hasten to thy tasks at home, There guide the spindle, and direct the loom. was to reunite Christians, and to compose their differences. In the first attempt he succeeded in some...
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Remarks on Ecclesiastical History, Volume 2

John Jortin - Church history - 1805 - 456 pages
...laudable designs : the first was to propagate Christianity and to convert unbelievers, ; the other was * No more — but hasten to thy tasks at home, There guide the spiadlc, and direct the loom. was to reunite Christians, and to compose their differences. In the first...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...of earth ; And such the hard condition of our birth, No force can then resist, no flight can save ; All sink .alike, the fearful and the brave. No more...scene, The field of combat is the sphere for men. Where heroes war, the foremost place I claim, The first in danger as the first in fame. Thus having...
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 6

Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1806 - 500 pages
...told by her husband, whom she seems to have loved very tenderly, not to interfere in his concerns, but " Hasten to thy tasks at home, There guide the spindle and direct the ioom." This good lady seems to have been in no want of employment, and is one among the many proofs...
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