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Then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity:
The deep air listen'd round her as she rode,
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Then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity:
The deep air listen'd round her as she rode,
And all the low wind hardly breathed for fear.
An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.
An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.
'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;
She that has that is clad in complete steel,
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'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;
She that has that is clad in complete steel,
And, like a quiver'd nymph with arrows keen,
May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths,
Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds;
Where, through the sacred rays of chastity,
No savage fierce, bandite, or mountaineer,
Will dare to soil her virgin purity.
Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one read more
Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.
When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no
crime.
[Lat., Neque femina amissa pudicitia read more
When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no
crime.
[Lat., Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abneurit.]
Even from the body's purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.
Even from the body's purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.
I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with read more
I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield itself upon honest and lawful terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind.
It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.
It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.
There's a woman like a dew-drop,
She's so purer than the purest.
There's a woman like a dew-drop,
She's so purer than the purest.