Twenty years in retirement, Band 11836 |
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Seite 379 - It further provides that only in the case of a justifiable emergency — and you note that this amendment retains the power where it ought to be, in the hands of the Secretary of Agriculture — shall the Secretary establish a ceiling price.
Seite 107 - Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the sons of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
Seite 45 - ... grunter occasions to society is the failure of her half-yearly crop, or in postponing till her dotage the surrender of her flitches; it being presumed that as long as the said pig exhibits for the profit of its owner, or for the gratification of the curious, it is kept free from the incumbrance of a family. In this case, no hungry suckers squeak forth their impatience while mamma goes through the alphabet to an admiring company, no domestic duty is neglected, no moral obligation is broken. But...
Seite 49 - ... extremities of her circle, while the pale envious moons " hid their diminished heads, " as she displayed her refulgence, or, when she turned her back, shone in her borrowed light, — may then, without exciting envy, or inflicting a pang, exert equal talent in the manufacture of bohea, and display her Christian virtues in dispensing to a numerous company the refreshing beverage, without its usual accompaniment of scandal. When employed in such truly domestic duties, the homely matron will have...
Seite 44 - ... present plan, makes a good wife must not be of the common mould. Thrice happy the man who, in the lottery of matrimony, obtains such a prize! It cannot be denied that many women have distinguished themselves in the field of literature ; still it must be admitted, that this is not their proper sphere of action. Let such, however, as feel disposed to devote their lives to the advancement of letters follow their inclinations, but let them not presume to turn wives. A learned wife may be considered...
Seite 84 - My son is my son till he gets him a wife ; My daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
Seite 46 - ... learned half. The number of institutions of different kinds for the education of female youth is apparent to every one. Seminaries, establishments for young ladies, &c. meet the- eye at every step you take in the suburbs of the metropolis ; and it is curious to remark, that they all avoid, with a most sickly fastidiousness, the more simple appellation of school. In this, however, it must be admitted, that they are right; for it would be just as appropriate to give the name of school to an establishment...
Seite 49 - ... dispensing to a numerous company the refreshing beverage, without its usual accompaniment of scandal. When employed in such truly domestic duties, the homely matron will have nothing to fear from the malice of the world ; no clouds of detraction will obscure her modest light, no storms will ruffle her peaceful countenance. When those halcyon days arrive, the literary female will superintend her litter of pigs. The press will still team with her productions ; but it will be the labour of her hands,...
Seite 48 - ... which could smile with contempt at the vituperations of the critic, will then listen with equal indifference to the hissing of the tea-kettle. She, who once presided at the coterie, who was, as it were, the sun of her own system, whose wit radiated in electric flashes to the farthest extremity of her circle, while the pale envious moons " hid their diminished heads...
Seite 48 - ... from beef and cabbage a bubble and a squeak. That exalted mind which could smile with contempt at the vituperations of the critic, will then listen with equal indifference to the hissing of the tea-kettle. She, who once presided at the coterie, who was, as it were, the sun of her own system, whose wit radiated in electric flashes to the farthest extremity of her circle, while the pale envious moons