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Johnsoniana. 617. Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five; For, howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five; He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five. C.— SAM'L JOHNSON — To Mrs. Thrale, when Thirty-five. L. 11.

Wretched, un-idea'd girls.— SAM'L JOHNSON — Boswell's Life of

Johnson. 1752. And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot.— BEN JONSON — The Sad Shepherd. Act I. Sc. 1.

Maids must be wives and mothers, to fulfil Th' entire and holiest end of woman's being.— FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE — Woman's

Heart. A Lady with a lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.— LONGFELLOW — Santa Filomena. St. 10.

The life of woman is full of woe, Toiling on and on and on, With breaking heart, and tearful eyes, The secret longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies! Some more, some less, but of the whole Not one quite happy, no, not one!— LONGFELLOW — Christus. The Golden Legend. Pt. II.

Earth's noblest thing, a Woman perfected.— LOWELL — Irene. L. 62.

'Twas kin' o' kingdom-come to look On sech a blessed cretur.— LOWELL — The Biglow Papers.

Introduction to Second Series. The Courtin'. St. 7. A cunning woman is a knavish fool.— LORD LYTTLETON — Advice to a Lady.

The most beautiful object in the world, it will be allowed, is a beautiful woman.— MACAULAY — Essays. Criticisms on

the Principal Italian Writers. No.