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Among families, so rich as to be above labour, the daughters are hurried through the routine of boarding school instruction, and a ...
The education of females has been exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of youth and beauty. ... ...
And such the trust that still were mine,
Though stormy winds swept o'er the brine,
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Rocked in the cradle of the deep
I lay me down in peace to sleep;
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That was the most horrible day of my detention. The whole day I could see my baby's face and wanted to call her name, "Dudu," "Dud ...
... our scholarships should be bestowed on those whose ability and earnestness in the primary department have been proved, and who ...
H.F. Jones's mother--I said of her once that to have known her is an illiberal education.
I was always able to understand my friend who decided to quit smoking and who, through an effort of will, succeeded in doing so. O ...
My mother ... believed fiction gave one an unrealistic view of the world. Once she caught me reading a novel and chastised me: "Ne ...
To E.K.H. [Edward K. Hall] Whose boy, and my boy, by the grace of God. / Will remain boys through all Eternity
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