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... at death . " I cannot refrain from offering my opin ion with regard to what is due from husband to wife , when the disposal of his property comes to be thought of . When marriage is an affair set 6 * TREATMENT OF WIVES . 65.
... at death . " I cannot refrain from offering my opin ion with regard to what is due from husband to wife , when the disposal of his property comes to be thought of . When marriage is an affair set 6 * TREATMENT OF WIVES . 65.
Page 66
... affairs at home ; she is the guardian of his property ; she preserves what would other- wise be lost to him . The barn and the granary , though they create nothing , have , in the bringing of food to our mouths , as much merit as the ...
... affairs at home ; she is the guardian of his property ; she preserves what would other- wise be lost to him . The barn and the granary , though they create nothing , have , in the bringing of food to our mouths , as much merit as the ...
Page 67
... affairs ; she makes his home pleasant , and she is the guar- dian of his income . In both these cases , the wife helps to gain the money , and in cases where there is no gain , where the income is by descent , or is fixed , she helps to ...
... affairs ; she makes his home pleasant , and she is the guar- dian of his income . In both these cases , the wife helps to gain the money , and in cases where there is no gain , where the income is by descent , or is fixed , she helps to ...
Page 68
... affair . " Must I apply to a woman , ” they exclaim , " to learn how to manage my affairs ? Ridiculous ! " Not so ridiculous as your assumed superiority over one , who , I have no doubt , is endowed by nature with as great an amount of ...
... affair . " Must I apply to a woman , ” they exclaim , " to learn how to manage my affairs ? Ridiculous ! " Not so ridiculous as your assumed superiority over one , who , I have no doubt , is endowed by nature with as great an amount of ...
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... affairs , they no more think of it , than they do of communicating it to the Grand Seignior . " * Where can be the great impropriety of consult- ing the wife upon points of difficulty ? Who is it more proper to consult ? -who will lend ...
... affairs , they no more think of it , than they do of communicating it to the Grand Seignior . " * Where can be the great impropriety of consult- ing the wife upon points of difficulty ? Who is it more proper to consult ? -who will lend ...
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Page 370 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God : but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman ; but the woman for the man.
Page 188 - She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Page 304 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 137 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 117 - Tis filled wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede. Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king. All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants, belong to thee ; All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with early juice...
Page 140 - In letting fall the curtain of repose On bird and beast, the other charged for man With sweet oblivion of the cares of day...
Page 240 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating his loss with added hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And...
Page 49 - And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body ? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing ? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling...
Page 48 - Unargued I obey: So God ordains: God is thy law, thou mine: To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
Page xi - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept : and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof...