Woman: as she is, and as she should be1835 |
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... eyes of men , and to look down with contempt upon the sex at large -- what will be said to this instance of feeling ? Wherever women are concerned , it is too common to run into extremes . Doubtless the worse ,. 18 UNIVERSAL CONDITION OF ...
... eyes of men , and to look down with contempt upon the sex at large -- what will be said to this instance of feeling ? Wherever women are concerned , it is too common to run into extremes . Doubtless the worse ,. 18 UNIVERSAL CONDITION OF ...
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... eye § 9. - A sample has been given of the evils in- flicted upon society by unwholesome liberty among women . " Here be ... eyes , and in silence contemplate an evil fixing itself at our very hearths ! We have declared the mischief which ...
... eye § 9. - A sample has been given of the evils in- flicted upon society by unwholesome liberty among women . " Here be ... eyes , and in silence contemplate an evil fixing itself at our very hearths ! We have declared the mischief which ...
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... eyes the scales to be torn from the moral vision ? Man , the slave of prejudice and esta- blished mode , will not transport himself beyond the ignorant present . The selfish caterer to his own passions , he is either careless to give ...
... eyes the scales to be torn from the moral vision ? Man , the slave of prejudice and esta- blished mode , will not transport himself beyond the ignorant present . The selfish caterer to his own passions , he is either careless to give ...
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... eye ; and beautiful as the female counte nance may be , we have commonly to look there in vain for outward evidence of talent . * Richardson . The more usual expression in women ( and it is one 52 PHYSIOGNOMy , as a test .
... eye ; and beautiful as the female counte nance may be , we have commonly to look there in vain for outward evidence of talent . * Richardson . The more usual expression in women ( and it is one 52 PHYSIOGNOMy , as a test .
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... shifting gales that govern its tides . And could each of us look with philosophic eye at the empty forms and pageantries of these airlings - at their vapid amusement — at their almost childish intellect— and , more 92 ABSURDITY OF FASHION .
... shifting gales that govern its tides . And could each of us look with philosophic eye at the empty forms and pageantries of these airlings - at their vapid amusement — at their almost childish intellect— and , more 92 ABSURDITY OF FASHION .
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Страница 62 - I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Страница 203 - Unargued I obey : so God ordains ; God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Страница 251 - With shining ringlets the smooth ivory neck. Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the birds betray, Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey, Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Страница 37 - Childe Harold had a mother - not forgot, Though parting from that mother he did shun; A sister whom he loved, but saw her not Before his weary pilgrimage begun: If friends he had, he bade adieu to none.
Страница 71 - There is no point of the compass to which they cannot turn, and by which they are not turned; and by one as well as another; for motion not method is their occupation. To know this, and yet continue to be in love, is to be made wise from the dictates of reason, and yet persevere...
Страница 259 - I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i
Страница 137 - Elles tireront aussi diverses commoditez de l'histoire. En la philosophie, de la part qui sert à la vie, elles prendront les discours qui les dressent à juger de nos humeurs et conditions, à se deffendre de nos trahisons, à...
Страница 208 - A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of each other. Such," says Rasselas, "is the common process of marriage.
Страница 4 - Among men, you see the ninety-and-nine, toiling and scraping together a heap of superfluities for one (and this one too, oftentimes the feeblest and worst...
Страница 111 - English stage ; for there is no question but our great grand-children will be very curious to know the reason why their forefathers used to sit together like an audience of foreigners in their own country, and to hear whole plays acted before them in a tongue which they did not understand.