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... ment , it is hardly supposable that any persons can be found who voluntarily abstain from mar- riage . Yet many there are , who exhibit this eccentricity . By way of distinction , they are denominated " Old Bachelors . " They are anom ...
... ment , it is hardly supposable that any persons can be found who voluntarily abstain from mar- riage . Yet many there are , who exhibit this eccentricity . By way of distinction , they are denominated " Old Bachelors . " They are anom ...
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... ment of the Universe . Although it was the opinion of many ancient philosophers , that the world was created and ruled conjointly by a Good and an Evil Being , yet , throughout all civilized na * The last reasoning of kings . tions , it ...
... ment of the Universe . Although it was the opinion of many ancient philosophers , that the world was created and ruled conjointly by a Good and an Evil Being , yet , throughout all civilized na * The last reasoning of kings . tions , it ...
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... ment is certain with such a man . In the eyes of neighbors , for friends such a man cannot have , in the eyes of servants , in the eyes of even the beg- gars at his door , such a man is a mean and despi- cable creature , though he may ...
... ment is certain with such a man . In the eyes of neighbors , for friends such a man cannot have , in the eyes of servants , in the eyes of even the beg- gars at his door , such a man is a mean and despi- cable creature , though he may ...
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... ment toward her , as , while it wins her respect and cements her love for him , will also render her condition as agreeable and pleasant as circum- stances will possibly admit . He will view her as a part of his own being ; and will no ...
... ment toward her , as , while it wins her respect and cements her love for him , will also render her condition as agreeable and pleasant as circum- stances will possibly admit . He will view her as a part of his own being ; and will no ...
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... ment - and contentment , balmy contentment , will shed her light during all the journey long ! " Show your affection for your wife , and your admiration of her , not in nonsensical compliment ; not in picking up her handkerchief , or ...
... ment - and contentment , balmy contentment , will shed her light during all the journey long ! " Show your affection for your wife , and your admiration of her , not in nonsensical compliment ; not in picking up her handkerchief , or ...
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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...