The Court; or, Woman’s Position Under the Law. In Three Lectures
Delivered in Boston, January, 1861
I.—The Oriental Estimate and the French Law.
II.—The English Common Law.
III.—The United-States Law, and some Thoughts on Human Rights.
“Kind gentlemen, your pains
Are registered where every day I turn
The leaf to read them.”
Macbeth.
“Some reasons of this double coronation
I have possessed you with, and think them strong.”
“Why do you bend such solemn brows on me?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life?”
King John.
“According to the fair play of the world,
Let me have audience. I am sent to speak.”
King John.
“Let this be copied out,
And keep it safe for our remembrance.
Return the precedent to these lords again.”
King John.