The Young Wife, Or, Duties of Woman in the Marriage Relation |
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... doubt on any one of these points . But it was necessary to make the statement , preliminary to what follows in other chapters . Indeed , in one point , the agitation of this ques- tion would certainly seem needless . Matrimony cannot ...
... doubt on any one of these points . But it was necessary to make the statement , preliminary to what follows in other chapters . Indeed , in one point , the agitation of this ques- tion would certainly seem needless . Matrimony cannot ...
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... doubt on this subject . There is reason to believe that the simple exercise of kindness , in the most intimate and unremitted relations of matrimonial life , would do more to promote domestic bliss than the wisest have ever yet supposed ...
... doubt on this subject . There is reason to believe that the simple exercise of kindness , in the most intimate and unremitted relations of matrimonial life , would do more to promote domestic bliss than the wisest have ever yet supposed ...
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... doubt that this would often be the result . I can hardly use language strong enough to convey my sense of the importance of true friend- ship on the part of the young wife . The follow- ing are some of the advantages which she possesses ...
... doubt that this would often be the result . I can hardly use language strong enough to convey my sense of the importance of true friend- ship on the part of the young wife . The follow- ing are some of the advantages which she possesses ...
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... doubts whether their own confidence may not have been misplaced . " ་ It is undoubtedly an innocent , I had almost said happy mistake , since it turns out that though we fail to secure the esteem , confidence and affec- tion of a ...
... doubts whether their own confidence may not have been misplaced . " ་ It is undoubtedly an innocent , I had almost said happy mistake , since it turns out that though we fail to secure the esteem , confidence and affec- tion of a ...
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... doubt that he will need - and greatly , too - the silent influence of her example . Nor will he be the only individual who , in the common course of things , will be thus affected . Habituated to daily and thorough ablution , the use ...
... doubt that he will need - and greatly , too - the silent influence of her example . Nor will he be the only individual who , in the common course of things , will be thus affected . Habituated to daily and thorough ablution , the use ...
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Page 88 - 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 88 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Page 88 - ... she layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff : she stretcheth out her hand to the poor, yea she reacheth forth her hands to the needy : she is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet : she maketh herself covering of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 88 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household : for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry : her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Page 88 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household ; for all her household are clothed with scarlet She maketh herself coverings of tapestry : her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 284 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Page 222 - In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety ; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array ; 10 But, which becometh women professing godliness, with good works.
Page 357 - Wisdom inflicts the chastisement, as well as bestows the enjoyments of human life ; that superintending goodness will one day enlighten the darkness which surrounds our nature, and hangs over our prospects ; that this dreary and wretched life is not the whole of man ; that an animal so sagacious and provident, and capable of such proficiency in science and virtue is not like the beasts that perish ; that there is a dwelling-place prepared for the spirits of the just, and that the ways of God will...
Page 356 - I could recall those moments,) she had no sullenness or acrimony. Her feelings were warm and impetuous, but she was placable, tender and constant. " Such was she whom I have lost ; and I have lost her when her excellent natural sense was rapidly improving, after eight years...
Page 356 - I have lost her when her excellent natural sense was rapidly improving, after eight years of struggle and distress had bound us fast together, and moulded our tempers to each other — when a knowledge of her worth had refined my youthful love into friendship, before age had deprived it of much of its original ardor — I lost her, alas ! (the choice of my youth and the partner of my misfortunes) at a moment when I had the prospect of her sharing my better days.