 Things were in this prosperous, not to say paradisiacal, state, when one member of the family began to make discoveries of an alarming nature. The first was that the Sunday pilgrimages to church were seasons of great refreshment to soul and body when...  Beginning again, a continuation of Work - Page 72by Louisa May Alcott - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Louisa May Alcott - 1988 - 520 pages
...remarks as "men have been kinder to me than women." Love makes Christie feel that "home was women's sphere after all, and the perfect roasting of beef,...for if masculine commendation rewarded the labor." Furthermore, she must learn to recognize the noble virtues of such passive and unheroic men as David,... | |
 | 2010 - 390 pages
...pilgrimages to church were seasons of great refreshment to soul and body when David went also, and utter failures if he did not. Next, that the restless ambitions...for if masculine commendation rewarded the labor. 105 Fourthly, and worst of all, she discovered that she was not satisfied with half confidences, and... | |
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