Elizabeth Oakes Smith

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How few women have any history after the age of thirty!
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Age
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Faith is the subtle chain which binds us to the infinite; the voice of a deep life within, that will remain until we crowd it thence.
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Faith
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My friends, do we realize for what purpose we are convened? Do we fully understand that we aim at nothing less than an entire subversion of the present order of society, a dissolution of the whole existing social compact?
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Order
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Spain- a great whale stranded on the shores of Europe.
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Europe
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The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman.
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Men
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How beautiful the water is! To me 'tis wondrous fair-- No spot can ever lonely be If water sparkle there; It hath a thousand tongues of mirth, Of grandeur, or delight, And every heart is gladder made When water greets the sight.
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Beautiful
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Faith is the subtle chain Which binds us to the infinite.
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Faith
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We're disappointed because you think the neighborhood is safe, it's very quiet here.
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Thinking
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T is the summer prime, when the noiseless air in perfumed chalice lies.
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Summer
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The tender violet bent in smiles To elves that sported nigh, Tossing the drops of fragrant dew To scent the evening sky.
- Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Collection: Sky