 The man's duty, as a member of a commonwealth, is to assist in the maintenance, in the advance, in the defence of the state. The woman's duty, as a member of the commonwealth, is to assist in the ordering, in the comforting, and in the beautiful adornment...  Pre-Raphaelitism - Seite 107von John Ruskin - 1865 - 56 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Elizabeth Langland - 1995 - 292 Seiten
...state?" Ruskin answers that, whereas a man's work is to secure "maintenance, progress, and defence," the "woman's duty, as a member of the commonwealth,...comforting, and in the beautiful adornment of the state" (87). He explains further that woman functions as the "centre of order, the balm of distress, and the... | |
 | Rosemary J. Mundhenk, LuAnn McCracken Fletcher - 1999 - 502 Seiten
...secure its order, comfort, and loveliness. Expand both these functions. The man's duty, as a member of a commonwealth, is to assist in the maintenance,...and spoil, that also, not in a less, but in a more devoted measure, he is to be at the gate of his country, leaving his home, if need be, even to the... | |
 | Elaine Ostry - 2002 - 224 Seiten
...queen. Ruskin believed that the home was to be expanded into the public sphere, so that women assisted "in the ordering, in the comforting, and in the beautiful adornment of the state" ("Queen's" 165). That is, they could have the consolation of influence without direct political power.... | |
 | Seth Koven - 2004 - 436 Seiten
...private. But this is not altogether so," Ruskin explained. Woman's duties expanded "without her gates" to "assist in the ordering, in the comforting, and in the beautiful adornment of the state."10 Ruskin's words inspired future generations of civic-minded women, especially middle-class... | |
 | John Ruskin - 2006 - 193 Seiten
...secure its order, comfort, and loveliness. Expand both these functions. The man's duty as a member of a commonwealth, is to assist in the maintenance,...and spoil, that also, not in a less, but in a more devoted measure, he is to be at the gate of his country, leaving his home, if need be, even to the... | |
 | E. Hedge Webster - 1889 - 240 Seiten
...care for the female criminals brought in, which was quickly filled with signatures. Ruskin says, " The woman's duty, as a member of the commonwealth,...comforting, and in the beautiful adornment of the state, even as it is man's to assist in the maintainance, advancing and defence of the state." THE REV. MR.... | |
 | Reina Lewis, Sara Mills - 2003 - 772 Seiten
...187. Her duty, if one recalls Ruskin's disturbing and memorable essay, 'Of Queens Gardens', was simply 'to assist in the ordering, in the comforting, and in the beautiful adornment of the state'. 'Of Queens Gardens', in ET Cook and ADO Wedderburn (eds). The Complete Works of Jobn Ruskin, (London,... | |
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