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Serious Hours of a Young Lady

Serious Hours of a Young Lady

by Charles Sainte-Foi

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Author
Sainte-Foi, Charles, 1806-1861
Credits
Produced by Naomi Parkhurst, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship
Subject
Young women -- Conduct of life
Category
Text
eBook-No.
6583
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6583
Release Date
September 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.SERIOUS HOURS
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.CONTENTS:
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. — IMPORTANCE OF THE TIME OF YOUTH; DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS THAT WOMEN MEET WITH IN LIFE, AND THE NECESSITY OF PROVIDING FOR THEM.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. — ILLUSIONS OF YOUTH, VALUE OF TIME AT THIS PERIOD OF LIFE.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. — THE HEART OF WOMAN; THE NECESSITY OF REGULATING IT DURING YOUTH.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE DIGNITY OF WOMAN.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. — EVE AND MARY.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — EVE AND MARY CONTINUED.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — THE WORLD.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — THE WILL.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. — THE IMAGINATION.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — PIETY.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — VOCATION.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — A SERIOUS MIND.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — CHOICE OP COMPANIONS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — TOILET.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — DESIRE TO PLEASE.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — CURIOSITY.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — MEDITATION AND REFLECTION.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — OBEDIENCE TO PARENTS.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — MELANCHOLY.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — ON READING.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. — END.

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