An Enquiry Into the Duties of the Female Sex: By Thomas Gisborne, M.A.T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies (Successors to Mr. Cadell), 1797 - 429 páginas |
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... . Further Remarks on the Duties belonging to the Middle Period of Life , XVI . On the Duties of the Decline of Life.- Conclufion , PAGE 246 310 362 399 412 44 t AN AN ENQUIRY INTO THE DUTIES OF THE FEMALE SEX . viil CONTENT S.
... . Further Remarks on the Duties belonging to the Middle Period of Life , XVI . On the Duties of the Decline of Life.- Conclufion , PAGE 246 310 362 399 412 44 t AN AN ENQUIRY INTO THE DUTIES OF THE FEMALE SEX . viil CONTENT S.
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... periods , female excellence has been esti- mated by very different ftandards . At al- moft every period it has been rated among nations , deeply immersed in barbarism , by the scale of fervile fear and capacity for toil . Examine the ...
... periods , female excellence has been esti- mated by very different ftandards . At al- moft every period it has been rated among nations , deeply immersed in barbarism , by the scale of fervile fear and capacity for toil . Examine the ...
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... her needle , was deemed , in point of folid attainments , to have reached the measure of female per- fection . Since that period , however , it has been been universally acknowledged , that the in- tellectual powers of 18 CHARACTER OF THE.
... her needle , was deemed , in point of folid attainments , to have reached the measure of female per- fection . Since that period , however , it has been been universally acknowledged , that the in- tellectual powers of 18 CHARACTER OF THE.
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... period of bleffedness . Such would ftill have been the dictates of reason , had the result been likely to be unfavourable to happiness in the prefent life . How forci- bly , then , do they prefs upon those who are convinced , as is the ...
... period of bleffedness . Such would ftill have been the dictates of reason , had the result been likely to be unfavourable to happiness in the prefent life . How forci- bly , then , do they prefs upon those who are convinced , as is the ...
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... the influence which they claim over every period and action of life , or to intereft the affec- every tions of the opening mind . Hence reli- E 2 gion gion is rather dreaded as an auftere monitor and a ON FEMALE EDUCATION . 51.
... the influence which they claim over every period and action of life , or to intereft the affec- every tions of the opening mind . Hence reli- E 2 gion gion is rather dreaded as an auftere monitor and a ON FEMALE EDUCATION . 51.
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