 The veneration in which I hold domestic life has always shown me that that life was not for those whose self-respect had been early broken down, or had never grown. Happily, the majority are free from this disability'. Those who suffer under it had better...  Harriet Martineau's Autobiography - Page 132by Harriet Martineau - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Harriet Martineau - Authors, English - 1877 - 630 pages
...aj\yomanifl_certainly qualified to take care of herself. I can easily conceive how I might have been tempted, — Eow some deep springs in my nature might have been touched,...When I see what conjugal love is, in the extremely rare cases in which it is seen in its perfection, I feel that there is a power of attachment in me... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Authors, English - 1877 - 652 pages
...qualified to take care of herself. I can easily conceive how I might have been tempted,— how gome deep springs in my nature might have been touched,...When I see what conjugal love is, in the extremely rare cases in which it is seen in its perfection, I feel that there is a power of attachment in me... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Authors, English - 1877 - 468 pages
...or believed myself unfit. The veneration in which I hold domestic life has always shown me that thgt life was not for those whose self-respect had been...When I see what conjugal love is, in the extremely rare cases in wnich it is seen in its perfection, I feel that there is a power of attachment in me... | |
 | sir John Bowring - 1877 - 594 pages
...affections which commonly make so large a portion of a woman's life, but in recording it she adds: "The •veneration in which I hold domestic life has...had been • early broken down or had never grown. . . . When I see what conjugal love is, in the extremely rare cases in which it is seen in its perfection,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1877 - 938 pages
...she saw it would be his deathblow. Besides, the veneration in which she held domestic life showed her that that life was not for those whose selfrespect had been early broken down, or had never grown. She knew what she lost, but she did not regret it. There was a power of attachment in her which was... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 748 pages
...would have so overpowered the joy,—the love would have so exceeded the ordinary chances oflife,—the fear on my part would have so impaired the freedom...disability. Those who suffer under it had better be as I,—as my observation of married, as well as single life assures me. When I see what conjugal love... | |
 | 1877 - 936 pages
...she saw it would be his deathblow. Besides, the veneration in which she held domestic life showed her that that life was not for those whose selfrespect had been early broken down, or had never grown. She knew what she lost, but she did not regret it. There was a power of attachment in her which was... | |
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