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Seek to be good, but aim not to be great: A woman's noblest station is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public sight, Domestic worth, that shuns too strong a light.

A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes - Page 45
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The Natural Superiority of Women

Ashley Montagu - Feminism - 1968 - 264 pages

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The Natural Superiority of Women

Ashley Montagu - Women - 1970 - 266 pages

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Biographiana, Volume 1

William Seward - Anecdotes - 1970 - 312 pages

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Descant, Issue 59

American literature - 1987 - 120 pages

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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Oxford University Press - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1979 - 936 pages

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Glimpses of the History of Karaikkal

Saroja Sundararajan - French - 1985 - 268 pages

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Foreign Land: A Novel

Jonathan Raban - Fiction - 1985 - 366 pages

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Volume 10

Locomotive engineers - 1876 - 590 pages

...and hear less about "woman's rights." To my strong-minded sisters, let me use the words of another: "Seek to be good, but aim not to be great ; A woman's noblest station Is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public sight ; Domestic worth, that shuns...

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Domestic Bonds: The Experience of Enslaved Women in Colonial New York City

Cheryl E. Duncan - 1991 - 212 pages

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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Angela Partington - Reference - 1992 - 1098 pages

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