Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 66
... marriages , our religion , we have not cho- sen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlour soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born . If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose ...
... marriages , our religion , we have not cho- sen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlour soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born . If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose ...
Page 140
... marriage , on socialism , on secret socie- ties , on the college , on parties and persons , that your verdict is still expected with curiosity as a reserved wisdom . Far otherwise ; your silence answers very You have no oracle to utter ...
... marriage , on socialism , on secret socie- ties , on the college , on parties and persons , that your verdict is still expected with curiosity as a reserved wisdom . Far otherwise ; your silence answers very You have no oracle to utter ...
Page 144
... marriage , our acquisition of an office , and the like , but in a silent thought by the way - side as we walk ; in a thought which revises our entire manner of life , and says , Thus hast thou done , but it were better thus . ' And all ...
... marriage , our acquisition of an office , and the like , but in a silent thought by the way - side as we walk ; in a thought which revises our entire manner of life , and says , Thus hast thou done , but it were better thus . ' And all ...
Page 153
... and sacred attributes , establishes marriage , and gives per- manence to human society . The natural association of the sentiment of love with the heyday of the blood seems to require , that " in order to portray it in vivid tints ,
... and sacred attributes , establishes marriage , and gives per- manence to human society . The natural association of the sentiment of love with the heyday of the blood seems to require , that " in order to portray it in vivid tints ,
Page 166
... marriages with words that take hold of the upper world , whilst one eye is prowling in the cellar , so that its gravest ... marriage signifies nothing but a housewife's thrift , and that woman's life has no other aim . But this dream of ...
... marriages with words that take hold of the upper world , whilst one eye is prowling in the cellar , so that its gravest ... marriage signifies nothing but a housewife's thrift , and that woman's life has no other aim . But this dream of ...
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