Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and DivorceA. H. Bailey, 1840 - 404 páginas |
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... circumstances which lead to this . -Laws of society , in some slight collision with those of nature . - Novelty essential to high sensual enjoyment . - As expressed in old anec- dote , & c . - As proved philosophically . - Relation of ...
... circumstances which lead to this . -Laws of society , in some slight collision with those of nature . - Novelty essential to high sensual enjoyment . - As expressed in old anec- dote , & c . - As proved philosophically . - Relation of ...
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... circumstances , moreover , being added to her weakness and timidity , lead her to seek support in superstition , and to prefer the most enthusiastic and extravagant theological doctrines . In all this , the particular and instinctive ...
... circumstances , moreover , being added to her weakness and timidity , lead her to seek support in superstition , and to prefer the most enthusiastic and extravagant theological doctrines . In all this , the particular and instinctive ...
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... circumstances . Even the female writer I have quoted , accord- ingly , says , " A degree of physical superiority cannot , therefore , be denied to man - and it is a noble prerogative ! . . It must render women , in some degree ...
... circumstances . Even the female writer I have quoted , accord- ingly , says , " A degree of physical superiority cannot , therefore , be denied to man - and it is a noble prerogative ! . . It must render women , in some degree ...
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... circumstances , possess a presence of mind superior to that of the cleverest man , and in a moment seem to attain better combined determinations than result from laborious cal- culation . That this has little to do with reason , is 36 MIND ...
... circumstances , possess a presence of mind superior to that of the cleverest man , and in a moment seem to attain better combined determinations than result from laborious cal- culation . That this has little to do with reason , is 36 MIND ...
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... circumstances which prompt mankind to act , inspire her with a SENSE OF WHAT IS FITTING , induce her imperceptibly to mea- sure her procedure and graduate her language , and imbue her with the spirit of society . Women are accordingly ...
... circumstances which prompt mankind to act , inspire her with a SENSE OF WHAT IS FITTING , induce her imperceptibly to mea- sure her procedure and graduate her language , and imbue her with the spirit of society . Women are accordingly ...
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Página 245 - 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 104 - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...
Página 386 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Página 88 - Father and mother, and to' his wife adhere ; And they shall be one flesh, one heart, one soul. She heard me thus; and though divinely brought, Yet innocence, and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won...
Página 257 - ... 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 180 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence...
Página 252 - 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 101 - Love is inevitably consequent upon the perception of loveliness. Love withers under constraint : its very essence is liberty : it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear : it is there most pure, perfect, and unlimited, where its votaries live in confidence, equality, and unreserve.
Página 145 - Chipewyan, as partaking of the duties of a woman. He swaddled it in soft moss, fed it with broth made from the flesh of the deer, and to still its cries applied it to his breast, praying earnestly to the great Master of Life, to assist his endeavours. The force of the powerful passion by which he was actuated produced the same effect in his case, as it has done in some others which are recorded ; a flow of milk actually took place from his breast.
Página 115 - It must not, however, be supposed, that these women are always easily won ; the greatest attentions and most fervent solicitations are sometimes requisite, even though there be no other lover in the way.