The quotations, citations, and other references made by women writers in the WWO collection.
| Source Text(definition of “Source text”) | Gesture(definition of “Intertextual gesture”) | Referenced Work(definition of “Referenced work”) | |||
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| Text | Topics & Genres (definition of “Topic”) | Text of the Gesture | Gesture Type (The Terminology page on “”) | Text | Topics & Genres (definition of “Topic”) |
| Astell, Mary. A Serious Proposal to the Ladies. 1694. | Gender commentary | “It was so very modish” | quote | Wotton, William. Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning. 1694. | |
| Astell, Mary. A Serious Proposal to the Ladies. 1694. | Gender commentary | “that the fair Sex seem'd to believe that Greek and Latin added to their Charms; and Plato and Aristotle untranslated, were frequent Ornaments of their Closets. One wou'd think by the effects, that it was a proper way of Educating them, since there are no accounts in History of so many great Women in any one Age, as are to be found between the years 15 and 1600.” | quote | Wotton, William. Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning. 1694. | |
| Bullard, Anne Tuttle (Jones). The Reformation. | “Being mother of God, he cannot refuse her request; being our mother, she cannot deny our intercession when we have recourse to her—our necessities urge her—the prayers we offer her for our salvation bring us all that we desire—never any person invoked the mother of mercies in his necessities, who has not been sensible of the effects of her assistance.” | quote | Catholic School Book. | ||
| Sigourney, Lydia Howard (Huntley). Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since. 1824. | “Though I am young, a little one.” | quote | “Verses for Children.” The New-England Primer. 1777. | ||
| Stewart, Maria W. (Miller). Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart. 1832. | “Come, welcome death, the end of fears, I am prepared to die; I trust my soul will straight ascend Up to the Lord on high.” | quote | “The Burning of Mr. John Rogers.” The New-England Primer. 1777. | ||
| Stewart, Maria W. (Miller). Religion and the Pure Principles of Morality. 1831. | Theology | “Come, turn to God, who did thee make, And at his presence fear and quake Remember him now in thy youth, And let thy soul take hold of truth. The devil and his ways defy; Believe him not, he doth but lie; His ways seem sweet; but youth, beware! He for thy soul hath laid a snare.” | quote | “A Dialogue Between Christ, a Youth, and the Devil.” The New-England Primer. 1777. | |
| Trench, Melesina (Chenevix). Thoughts of a Parent on Education. 1816. | Education | “To cure the habit of reverie,” | quote | Edgeworth, Maria. Essays on Practical Education. 1811. | Education |
| Trench, Melesina (Chenevix). Thoughts of a Parent on Education. 1816. | Education | “we must take different methods with different tempers: with those who indulge in the stupid reverie, we should employ strong excitation, and present to the senses a rapid succession of objects; but to break the habit in children of great sensibility, we should set them to some employment which is wholly new, and will exercise and exhaust all their faculties, so as to leave them no life for castle-building.” | quote | Edgeworth, Maria. Essays on Practical Education. 1811. | Education |