Three Visits to AmericaD. Douglas, 1884 - 377 Seiten |
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... better element in Cincinnati has now learnt , by an excep- tionally bitter experience , that public duties cannot be shirked without absolute danger . Every effort must be made to purify municipal government by selecting , without ...
... better element in Cincinnati has now learnt , by an excep- tionally bitter experience , that public duties cannot be shirked without absolute danger . Every effort must be made to purify municipal government by selecting , without ...
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... Better be a good dressmaker than a bad teacher or weak writer for magazines . With women rests the power to right their sex from an absurd prejudice , and those possessed of wealth , talent , or position should never fail to recognise ...
... Better be a good dressmaker than a bad teacher or weak writer for magazines . With women rests the power to right their sex from an absurd prejudice , and those possessed of wealth , talent , or position should never fail to recognise ...
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... better to dismiss our prejudices , and allow them to preach the gospel of glad tidings in an official capacity . Mrs. Burleigh remained for some years with the congregation which installed her as its duly authorised minister , but she ...
... better to dismiss our prejudices , and allow them to preach the gospel of glad tidings in an official capacity . Mrs. Burleigh remained for some years with the congregation which installed her as its duly authorised minister , but she ...
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... better than men . " The Victoria Press was opened in 1860 in the face of a determined opposition , and I was only able to make a success of what was deemed by many " a rash experiment , " thanks to the liberal support accorded by ...
... better than men . " The Victoria Press was opened in 1860 in the face of a determined opposition , and I was only able to make a success of what was deemed by many " a rash experiment , " thanks to the liberal support accorded by ...
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... better imagined than described . The sensations with which a snow - storm is regarded in America depend upon your position and prospective enterprises . If you are travelling across a wild prairie , no more terrible thing can befall you ...
... better imagined than described . The sensations with which a snow - storm is regarded in America depend upon your position and prospective enterprises . If you are travelling across a wild prairie , no more terrible thing can befall you ...
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Seite 64 - Observe me, Sir Anthony. - I would by no means wish a daughter of mine to be a progeny of learning; I don't think so much learning becomes a young woman; for instance, I would never let her meddle with Greek, or Hebrew, or Algebra, or Simony, or Fluxions, or Paradoxes, or such inflammatory branches of learning...
Seite 64 - Then, sir, she should have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; and as she grew up, I would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries.
Seite 50 - We may live without poetry, music, and art ; We may live without conscience, and live without heart ; We may live without friends ; we may live without books ; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. He may live without books, — what is knowledge but grieving ? He may live without hope, — what is hope but deceiving ? He may live without love, — what is passion but pining ? But where is the man that can live without dining ? XX.
Seite 187 - I might require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice, and let mine handmaid Emma Smith receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me...
Seite 349 - Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that over-sprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Seite 159 - It is said that women are tied down and abused ; that they are misused, and have not the liberty they ought to have ; that many of them are CHAP.
Seite 187 - And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment, she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord...
Seite 69 - THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl.
Seite 3 - Tis as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue,— 'Tis the natural way of living: Who knows whither the clouds have fled?