The British Mothers' Journal and Domestic Magazine, Volumes 5-6J. Snow, 1860 |
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... woman must quit her hitherto sheltered seclusion ; she must fight alone the hand - to - hand battle for life ; she must labour in her own strength to stem the torrent of competition by which so many have been overborne and carried away ...
... woman must quit her hitherto sheltered seclusion ; she must fight alone the hand - to - hand battle for life ; she must labour in her own strength to stem the torrent of competition by which so many have been overborne and carried away ...
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purchased by daily employment . From the most intellectual woman amongst us , down to the veriest little gossip - monger who peeps and pries from house to house , we are alike dependent for our happiness on having something to do . To ...
purchased by daily employment . From the most intellectual woman amongst us , down to the veriest little gossip - monger who peeps and pries from house to house , we are alike dependent for our happiness on having something to do . To ...
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... woman , however lovely in still life , is much more lovely ( and I will add , loveable ) when at work . " If any curious reader may desire to know what is meant by work , I cannot better explain than in the eloquent words of the Rev ...
... woman , however lovely in still life , is much more lovely ( and I will add , loveable ) when at work . " If any curious reader may desire to know what is meant by work , I cannot better explain than in the eloquent words of the Rev ...
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... woman of strong judgment and large experience . " In order to form the minds of children , the first thing to be done is to conquer their will , and bring them to an obedient temper . To inform the understanding is a work of time , and ...
... woman of strong judgment and large experience . " In order to form the minds of children , the first thing to be done is to conquer their will , and bring them to an obedient temper . To inform the understanding is a work of time , and ...
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... woman " too , may think , while in the prime of life , that they shall never submit to any injudicious influence ; but let them look around , mark the conduct of others , and be convinced that , if they live , a time will come when they ...
... woman " too , may think , while in the prime of life , that they shall never submit to any injudicious influence ; but let them look around , mark the conduct of others , and be convinced that , if they live , a time will come when they ...
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Page 43 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 242 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 265 - Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life ; that your prayers be not hindered.
Page 67 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 110 - The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Page 68 - I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up : while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Page 68 - And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Page 61 - Render therefore to all their dues : tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom ; fear to whom fear ; honour to whom honour.
Page 225 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Page 269 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.