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affections amid Ancient Greece beau ideal beauty bestowed brother cere character charity charms Christian circle circumstances commended companion connection cultivated culture darkest cloud daughter deportment desire domestic dress duty dwell Elizabeth of England engage fancy fearful feelings female fireside folly gentle gentleman girl give grace habits happiness HARVARD COLLEGE heart Heaven holy honor human husband imagination individual influence intellectual Lady Jane Grey lence less live lover Madam de Stael manner marriage marry ment mental mind moral Moral constitution mother nature ness never noble object old maid parent passion pathy Petrarch piety principle purity qualities regard relation religion respect sacred sake scenes sentiment shew sister social society sometimes sorrow soul spect spirit suffer sympathy taste thou thought tion toil traits trials true true woman virtues wife women young lady young woman youth
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Page 82 - The parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request That He who stills the raven's clain'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them, and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside.
Page 87 - then will you enjoy the sweet anticipation, as your tears bedew her grave, " My mother—where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more.
Page 210 - take the description given of it by the master poet of our nature, who tells us that " Love with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power; And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their
Page 82 - nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them, and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside.
Page 19 - And if mental power depend at all on physical, if giant minds are usually found in vigorous frames, woman may infer that she can engage in the highest intellectual pursuits, only by becoming an exception to the ordinary character of her sex. " For contemplation he, and valor formed, For softness she, and sweet attractive grace.
Page 45 - shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law, since the death of thy husband." Such domestic piety, a virtue that could sacrifice home, people, substance, and which tendered even life itself for a parent, was an earnest of the choicest worth.
Page 199 - Let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, , . So sways she level in her husband's heart." Much has been said in relation to the expediency of Early Marriages. In Italy, early marriages are regarded as so important, that in many churches and fraternities, there are annual funds established, to raise portions, and procure comfortable matches for young maidens who are destitute. In their
Page 76 - the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and powerful voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds, the life and element.
Page 45 - Here she wields a more than regal sceptre. Wisely did Boaz argue the excellence of Ruth, when he said, in reply to her modest question, "why have I found grace in thine eyes-?" " It has fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law, since the death of thy husband.
Page 145 - first rising sound and breath of that wind, which is so soon to sweep through the soul to purify, or to destroy !" So let every young maiden deem of this sentiment. None will then banter words with her upon her own sacred affections; for there will be that in her