Woman Physiologically Considered, as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and DivorceJ. & H. G. Langley, 1840 - 432 páginas |
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... mean and dastardly robbery ; 34. The showing that woman , not merely in con- sequence of her more developed vital and reproductive system , rendering love more necessary to her than to man , and in consequence of man's infidelity and ...
... mean and dastardly robbery ; 34. The showing that woman , not merely in con- sequence of her more developed vital and reproductive system , rendering love more necessary to her than to man , and in consequence of man's infidelity and ...
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... means of aristo- cratic despotism in general , and of that which regards divorce in particular , is the careful distinction of the rich from the poor by means of barbarous and insolent laws , and the placing justice , by its cost ...
... means of aristo- cratic despotism in general , and of that which regards divorce in particular , is the careful distinction of the rich from the poor by means of barbarous and insolent laws , and the placing justice , by its cost ...
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... means of ex- tortion . Case . - Mother of illegitimate children has entire con- trol . - Remedy for this . - Power of husband after death to injure wife in relation to children . - Remedies necessary . - Husband's reward for tyranny ...
... means of ex- tortion . Case . - Mother of illegitimate children has entire con- trol . - Remedy for this . - Power of husband after death to injure wife in relation to children . - Remedies necessary . - Husband's reward for tyranny ...
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... means of a flexible measure applying around the surface of the head in the direction indicated , or from and to the points expressed : - In one , Alexander- 1. Horizontally around the head , over the eye- brows and the greatest ...
... means of a flexible measure applying around the surface of the head in the direction indicated , or from and to the points expressed : - In one , Alexander- 1. Horizontally around the head , over the eye- brows and the greatest ...
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... means of their circular muscle ( the orbicularis oris , ) excited probably by a mechani- cal stimulus , —in the same way that the circular fibres of the intestines contract peristaltically upon their contents , without either conscious ...
... means of their circular muscle ( the orbicularis oris , ) excited probably by a mechani- cal stimulus , —in the same way that the circular fibres of the intestines contract peristaltically upon their contents , without either conscious ...
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Página 351 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Página 224 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Página 234 - ... where love cannot be, there can be left of wedlock nothing but the empty husk of an outside matrimony, as undelightful and unpleasing to God as any other kind of hypocrisy.
Página 383 - And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.
Página 112 - A husband and wife ought to continue so long united as they love each other : any law which should bind them to cohabitation for one moment after the decay of their affection, would be a most intolerable tyranny, and the most unworthy of toleration.
Página 233 - Love though not wholly blind, as poets wrong him, yet having but one eye, as being born an archer aiming and that eye not the quickest in this dark region here below, which is not love's proper sphere, partly out of the simplicity and credulity which is native to him, often deceived, embraces and consorts him with these obvious and suborned striplings, as if they were his mother's own sons ; for so he thinks them, while they subtilly keep themselves most on his blind side.
Página 173 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence...
Página 249 - ... sloth which is really unfit for conversation; nor is there that freedom of access granted or presumed, as may suffice to a perfect discerning till too late ; and where any indisposition is suspected, what more usual than the persuasion of friends, that acquaintance, as it increases, will amend all...
Página 230 - That indisposition, unfitness, or contrariety of mind, arising from a cause in nature unchangeable, hindering and ever likely to hinder the main benefits of conjugal society, which are solace and peace...
Página 228 - He who marries, intends as little to conspire his own ruine, as he that swears Allegiance: and as a whole people is in proportion to an ill Government, so is one man to an ill marriage.