| 1804 - 626 страници
...thing is expressly the contrary — We women have certainly ten thousand times more sense — Men, indeed ! — Men were born for no other purpose under...succeeds best, perfectly answers the end of his creation — Now, sir, farewell. If I find you profit by my first lesson, I may, perhaps, be tempted to give... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1809 - 322 страници
...thing is expressly the contrary — We women have certainly ten thousand times more sense — Men, indeed ! — Men were born for no other purpose under...succeeds best, perfectly answers the end of his creation — Now, sir, farewell. If I find you profit by my first lesson, I may perhaps be tempted to give you... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 698 страници
...thing ii expressly the contrary — We women have certainly ten thousand times more sense — Men, indeed! Men were born for no other purpose under heaven, but to nmuse us; and he, who succeeds best, perfectly answers the end of his preation. Now, sir, favc'wHl.... | |
| Timothy Marr - 2006 - 280 страници
...Slaves in Algiers seems influenced directly from Bickerstaffe's The Sultan in which Roxalana argues that "Men were born for no other purpose under heaven but to amuse us" (io). At the close of a Dublin performance of "The Sultan," the actress playing Roxalana comes on stage... | |
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