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" For if she had attended her household affairs, and such things as belong to women, and not gone out of her way and calling to meddle in such things as are proper for men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits, and might have improved them... "
The Second Church in Boston: Commemorative Services Held on the Completion ... - Page 84
by Second Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1900 - 206 pages
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The Nascence of American Literature

Darrel Abel - 2002 - 438 pages
...occasion of her giving herself wholly to reading and writing, and had written many books. . . . If she had attended to her household affairs, and such...of her way and calling to meddle in such things as belong to men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits, and might have improved them...
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The Cambridge Introduction to Early American Literature

Emory Elliott - 2002 - 210 pages
...For if she had attended her household affairs, and such things as belong to women, and nor gone our of her way and calling to meddle in such things as are proper for men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits ... in the place God set her. Similar opinions about the necessarily finite...
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John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father

Francis J. Bremer - 2003 - 520 pages
...being very loving and tender of her, was loath to grieve her." In Winthrop's view, "if she had attended her household affairs and such things as belong to...and calling to meddle in such things as are proper to men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits and might have improved them usefully...
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John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father

Francis J. Bremer - 2005 - 516 pages
...being very loving and tender of her, was loath to grieve her." In Winthrop's view, "if she had attended her household affairs and such things as belong to...and calling to meddle in such things as are proper to men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits and might have improved them usefully...
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Boston Sites & Insights: An Essential Guide to Historic Landmarks In and ...

Susan Wilson - 2004 - 372 pages
...and thinking; such a woman would have had a less troubled life, wrote Winthrop in his journal, "if she had attended to her household affairs and such...as are proper for men, whose minds are stronger." Following the Hutchinsons' forced departure, their house was passed through a variety of owners. An...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing

Laurie Rozakis - 2004 - 388 pages
...of her, was loath to grieve her; but he saw his error, when it was too late. For if she had attended her household affairs, and such things as belong to...things as are proper for men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits, and might have improved them usefully and honorably in the place God had...
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Contentment: A Novel of New England's Birth

Raymond Sullivan - 2006 - 205 pages
...Winthrop also set upon her with his tongue, saying, "If she kept her place, if she had attended to household affairs and such things as belong to women,...things as are proper for men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits and might have improved them usefully and honorably in the place God had...
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The Mind of the Novel: Reflexive Fiction and the Ineffable

Bruce F. Kawin - 2006 - 398 pages
...of her, was loath to grieve her; but he saw his error when it was too late. For if she had attended her household affairs and such things as belong to...gone out of her way and calling to meddle in such 303 things as are proper for men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits and might have...
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Pilgrims: New World Settlers & the Call of Home

Susan Hardman Moore, Susan M. Moore - 2007 - 360 pages
...reason through 'giving her self wholly to reading and writing'. If she had stuck to household affairs, 'and not gone out of her way and calling, to meddle...men, whose minds are stronger . . . she had kept her wits'.)91 Connecticut elected Hopkins as Governor in his absence, and prayed for his return, but he...
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Resurrecting Elizabeth I in Seventeenth-century England

Elizabeth H. Hageman, Katherine Conway - 2007 - 306 pages
...husband for allowing her to read and thus "lose her sanity," Winthrop writes: "[I]f she had attended her household affairs, and such things as belong to women, and not gone out of her way to meddle in such things as are proper for men, whose minds are stronger, etc., she had kept her wits,...
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