Among families, so rich as to be above labour, the daughters are hurried through the routine of boarding school instruction, and a...t an early period introduced into the gay world; and, thenceforth, their only object is amusement.--Mark the different treatment, which the sons of these families receive. While their sisters are gliding through the mazes of the midnight dance, they employ the lamp, to treasure up for future use the riches of ancient wisdom; or to gather strength and expansion of the mind, in exploring the wonderful paths of philosophy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The education of females has been exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of youth and beauty. ...... though well to decorate the blossom, it is far better to prepare for the harvest.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
And such the trust that still were mine, Though stormy winds swept o'er the brine,... Or though the tempest's fiery breath Roused me from sleep to wreck and death. In ocean cave, still safe with Thee The germ of immortality! And calm and peaceful shall I sleep, Rocked in the cradle of the deep.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Rocked in the cradle of the deep I lay me down in peace to sleep;... Secure I rest upon the wave, For Thou, O Lord! hast power to save.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
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...u," but my mind was blank. I couldn't recollect it. "Can a mother forget her baby's name?" I wondered.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... our scholarships should be bestowed on those whose ability and earnestness in the primary department have been proved, and who...se capacity for a higher education is fully shown. This is the best work women of wealth can do, and I hope in the future they will endow scholarships for their own sex instead of giving millions of dollars to institutions for boys, as they have done in the past.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
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...ne morning, he opened the newspaper, read that the first H- bomb had exploded, found out about the bomb's admirable effects and went straight to the tobacconist's.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My mother ... believed fiction gave one an unrealistic view of the world. Once she caught me reading a novel and chastised me: "Ne...ver let me catch you doing that again, remember what happened to Emma Bovary."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »