Woman. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Woman


Divination seems heightened to its highest power in woman. A. Bronson Alcott.—Concord Days: August. Woman.	1
O loving woman, man’s fulfillment sweet, Completing him not otherwise complete! How void and useless the sad remnant left Were he of her, his nobler part, bereft. Abraham Coles.—The Microcosm: Woman.	2
She walked in flowers around my field As June herself around the sphere. Emerson.—Poems: Life.	3
Such another peerless queen Only could her mirror show. Emerson.—Poems: Life.	4
The brain-women never interest us like the heart-women; white roses please less than red. Holmes.—The Professor at the Breakfast Table, Chap. VI.	5
The wisest woman you talk with is ignorant of something that you know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance. Holmes.—The Professor at the Breakfast Table, Chap. VI.	6
Earth’s noblest thing, a woman perfected. Lowell.—Irene.	7
Men can be great when great occasions call; In little duties women find their spheres, The narrow cares that cluster round the hearth. Stoddard.—Florence Nightingale.	8
That beautiful and stately lady whom to remember is to wonder that so much loveliness and worth could take a mortal shape. William Winter.—English Rambles, Part II. Chap. I.	9