Woman: as she is, and as she should be1835 |
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... Female Sex ; its improvement , and the bounds which Nature herself has prescribed to the progress of that improvement ; beyond which , every pre- tended advance will be a real degradation . - SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH , on the Law of Nature ...
... Female Sex ; its improvement , and the bounds which Nature herself has prescribed to the progress of that improvement ; beyond which , every pre- tended advance will be a real degradation . - SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH , on the Law of Nature ...
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... female cha- racter has to be lopped away , -and perhaps nearly all that is left to be pruned . It is ne- cessary to be severe in many cases before we can venture to be indulgent ; just , be fore we can afford to be merciful . On no ...
... female cha- racter has to be lopped away , -and perhaps nearly all that is left to be pruned . It is ne- cessary to be severe in many cases before we can venture to be indulgent ; just , be fore we can afford to be merciful . On no ...
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... female agency regarded under a social point of view .- ( 4 ) Power and usurpation in the state of marriage .— ( 5 ) Political influence , direct or indirect.— ( 6 ) Social systems , and domestic customs , in other coun- tries ...
... female agency regarded under a social point of view .- ( 4 ) Power and usurpation in the state of marriage .— ( 5 ) Political influence , direct or indirect.— ( 6 ) Social systems , and domestic customs , in other coun- tries ...
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... FEMALE ESTIMATE OF MEN . § 1. Lamentable want of female discrimination in an estimate of the opposite sex .— ( 2 ) A description of ' women's men .'- ( 3 ) Men of real merit described .— ( 4 ) Comparison between the two classes of men ...
... FEMALE ESTIMATE OF MEN . § 1. Lamentable want of female discrimination in an estimate of the opposite sex .— ( 2 ) A description of ' women's men .'- ( 3 ) Men of real merit described .— ( 4 ) Comparison between the two classes of men ...
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... FEMALE POWER , INFLUENCE , AND PRIVILEGES . O ye men ; it is not the great king , nor the multitude of men , neither is it wine that excelleth : who is it then that ruleth them , or hath the lordship over them ? Are they not women ? By ...
... FEMALE POWER , INFLUENCE , AND PRIVILEGES . O ye men ; it is not the great king , nor the multitude of men , neither is it wine that excelleth : who is it then that ruleth them , or hath the lordship over them ? Are they not women ? By ...
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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.
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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.