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... Causes of ill health ..... 158 162 .......... May become hereditary ... Evils of ill health .. ........ Motives to guard against it ... Means of preserving health ..... LECTURE VII . RIGHTS OF WOMAN ......... ............ . 190 Social ...
... Causes of ill health ..... 158 162 .......... May become hereditary ... Evils of ill health .. ........ Motives to guard against it ... Means of preserving health ..... LECTURE VII . RIGHTS OF WOMAN ......... ............ . 190 Social ...
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... Causes of ill health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 162 Evils of ill health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 May become hereditary ...
... Causes of ill health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 162 Evils of ill health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 May become hereditary ...
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... cause of moral , intellectual , and literary cul- ture . I shall touch in the present course on most of the social relations , but I shall devote a portion of it especially to THE SPHERE AND DUTIES OF WOMAN . The success of the lectures ...
... cause of moral , intellectual , and literary cul- ture . I shall touch in the present course on most of the social relations , but I shall devote a portion of it especially to THE SPHERE AND DUTIES OF WOMAN . The success of the lectures ...
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... All classes listened to the public harangues , and the most eloquent was the most powerful man in the state . The very fish women were critics of a classical pronunciation . The same causes ope- rate here in INTRODUCTORY . 23.
... All classes listened to the public harangues , and the most eloquent was the most powerful man in the state . The very fish women were critics of a classical pronunciation . The same causes ope- rate here in INTRODUCTORY . 23.
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A Course of Lectures George W. Burnap. classical pronunciation . The same causes ope- rate here in ten - fold intensity , to produce the most perfect literature that has ever existed , ten millions of intelligent readers , ready to ...
A Course of Lectures George W. Burnap. classical pronunciation . The same causes ope- rate here in ten - fold intensity , to produce the most perfect literature that has ever existed , ten millions of intelligent readers , ready to ...
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Page 240 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Page 245 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 228 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 236 - Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen ; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the angel of death...
Page 245 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin...
Page 229 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 240 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 246 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide: Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some Beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 243 - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 229 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.