Three Visits to AmericaD. Douglas, 1884 - 377 Seiten |
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... respecting which so much has been already written by abler pens than mine , but this addition to the international literature of the day may still perhaps prove acceptable , as " the point of view " taken differs from that of the ...
... respecting which so much has been already written by abler pens than mine , but this addition to the international literature of the day may still perhaps prove acceptable , as " the point of view " taken differs from that of the ...
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... respecting her observations in the Paris hospitals during the siege of that city . She won there a prize in the shape of a medal in the French École de Médicine , and has recently published a book which has become an accepted authority ...
... respecting her observations in the Paris hospitals during the siege of that city . She won there a prize in the shape of a medal in the French École de Médicine , and has recently published a book which has become an accepted authority ...
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... respecting the route , pointing out places of interest with all the pride of ownership derived from their possession of the road . A great deal has been written about the luxury of Ameri- can railroad travelling . It did not strike me ...
... respecting the route , pointing out places of interest with all the pride of ownership derived from their possession of the road . A great deal has been written about the luxury of Ameri- can railroad travelling . It did not strike me ...
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... respecting the presence of young ladies in the Harvard University was dissipated by the result of the first year's trial . " While admitting that it is improbable that many women will desire a collegiate education , Mrs. Agassiz ...
... respecting the presence of young ladies in the Harvard University was dissipated by the result of the first year's trial . " While admitting that it is improbable that many women will desire a collegiate education , Mrs. Agassiz ...
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... respecting the splendid memorial he left behind him for the benefit of American girls . With pardonable pride I first record the fact that Mr. Vassar was an Englishman , born on the Norfolk coast . Having acquired a vast fortune in ...
... respecting the splendid memorial he left behind him for the benefit of American girls . With pardonable pride I first record the fact that Mr. Vassar was an Englishman , born on the Norfolk coast . Having acquired a vast fortune in ...
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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?