Woman, in Her Social and Domestic CharacterLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839 - 224 páginas |
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... equally sincere ; for it is in relation to happiness that she is chiefly appreciated . And in this respect it is , we must confess , that she is most useful and most important . Domestic life is the chief sphere of her in- fluence ; and ...
... equally sincere ; for it is in relation to happiness that she is chiefly appreciated . And in this respect it is , we must confess , that she is most useful and most important . Domestic life is the chief sphere of her in- fluence ; and ...
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... equally impatient of listening , and equally anxious to engross . But soliloquising is not conversation . In woman , too , an attempt at display is always disagreeable , and even bril- liancy will not atone for it . The charm of ...
... equally impatient of listening , and equally anxious to engross . But soliloquising is not conversation . In woman , too , an attempt at display is always disagreeable , and even bril- liancy will not atone for it . The charm of ...
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... equally rude and disappointing . Such indifference is inexcusable in those whose talent for conversation might be so easily im- proved . English women are proverbially silent : yet there is no reason why they should be so ; nor why ...
... equally rude and disappointing . Such indifference is inexcusable in those whose talent for conversation might be so easily im- proved . English women are proverbially silent : yet there is no reason why they should be so ; nor why ...
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... equally disciplined and improved . It is a great mistake to suppose that fashion is a criterion of elegance . Modes of fashion are entirely conventional ; and are often as un- graceful as they are capricious . The lady , for instance ...
... equally disciplined and improved . It is a great mistake to suppose that fashion is a criterion of elegance . Modes of fashion are entirely conventional ; and are often as un- graceful as they are capricious . The lady , for instance ...
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... equally becoming at thirty . Neither does it play the romp , or act the groom , leap a five - barred gate , or affect the Di Vernon . Least of all does it indulge in that raillery which is piquante , only because it is personal ; and ...
... equally becoming at thirty . Neither does it play the romp , or act the groom , leap a five - barred gate , or affect the Di Vernon . Least of all does it indulge in that raillery which is piquante , only because it is personal ; and ...
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