... and would never have been what it was, in rapport always with the facts of nature and life, if it had been only a feminine response to his. Men like women to reflect them, no doubt ; but the woman who can only reflect a man, and is nothing in herself,... Guild court - Side 283av George Macdonald - 1868Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1878 - 300 sider
...berth till he knows whither the ship is bound. — Dr. JW Alexander. Men like women to reflect them, but the woman who can only reflect a man and is nothing...in herself, will never be of much service to him. — George McDonald. Since the generality of persons act from impulse much more than from principle,... | |
| William Ballantyne Hodgson - 1869 - 158 sider
...contrived as to exaggerate all these defects?"— TH Huxley, in "The Reader," 2oth May, 1865, p. 561. "Men like women to reflect them, no doubt; but the...alone is not likely to make either a good wife or a good mother." — Geo. MacDonald. "Guild Court," vol. i, p. 283, c. xix., 1868. "The education of... | |
| Ella Farman Pratt - 1876 - 254 sider
...Here is something for the educators of women, by George MacDonald : " Men like women to reflect them ; but the woman who can only reflect a man and is nothing...in herself will never be of much service to him/' This is a picture, sure enough, from Mrs. Whitney: "She was like a breeze that set everything fluttering,... | |
| Jennie B. Kelley - 1879 - 300 sider
...Here is something for the educators of women, by George MacDonald : "Men like women to reflect them; but the woman who can only reflect a man and is nothing...in herself will never be of much service to him." This is a picture, sure enough, from Mrs. Whitney : " She was like a breeze that set everything fluttering,... | |
| Norman Macleod - 1867 - 1022 sider
...if it had been only a feminine response to his. Men like women to reflect them, no doubt ; but tlie woman who can only reflect a man, and is nothing in herself, will never be of muoh service to him. The woman who cannot stand alone is not likely to make either a good wife or mother.... | |
| Rev. S. Pollock Linn - 1881 - 472 sider
...is like the influence of true womanhood in society. Prof. Parsdon. MEN like women to reflect them, but the woman who can only reflect a man and is nothing...in herself, will never be of much service to him. George McDonald. To glorify the common offices of life, that is the grandest part of woman's work in... | |
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