Ruskin: Sesame and lilies. Unto this last. The Queen of the air. The storm cloud of the nineteenth centuryDana Estes & Company, 1856 |
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... idea of a " position in life " takes above all other thoughts in the parents ' - more especially in the mothers'- minds . " The education befitting such and such a station in life " -this is the phrase , this the object , always . They ...
... idea of a " position in life " takes above all other thoughts in the parents ' - more especially in the mothers'- minds . " The education befitting such and such a station in life " -this is the phrase , this the object , always . They ...
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... idea of a " position in life " takes above all other thoughts in the parents ' - more especially in the mothers'- minds . " The education befitting such and such a station in life " -this is the phrase , this the object , always . They ...
... idea of a " position in life " takes above all other thoughts in the parents ' - more especially in the mothers'- minds . " The education befitting such and such a station in life " -this is the phrase , this the object , always . They ...
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... idea that woman is only the shadow and attendant image of her lord , owing him a thoughtless and servile obedience , and sup- ported altogether in her weakness by the pre - eminence of his fortitude . This , I say , is the most foolish ...
... idea that woman is only the shadow and attendant image of her lord , owing him a thoughtless and servile obedience , and sup- ported altogether in her weakness by the pre - eminence of his fortitude . This , I say , is the most foolish ...
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