Woman, in Her Social and Domestic CharacterLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839 - 224 páginas |
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... least embraces a subject which will be re- garded as strictly appropriate to a female pen ; and it is hoped that this circumstance may be admitted as at once an apology and a recom- mendation . Of course , the authoress has written ...
... least embraces a subject which will be re- garded as strictly appropriate to a female pen ; and it is hoped that this circumstance may be admitted as at once an apology and a recom- mendation . Of course , the authoress has written ...
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... least of it , is an outrage upon taste . The gestures of the stage can never be appro- priate in a private circle , nor are they becoming a modest female . She may copy the skill , but surely nothing else that marks the professional ...
... least of it , is an outrage upon taste . The gestures of the stage can never be appro- priate in a private circle , nor are they becoming a modest female . She may copy the skill , but surely nothing else that marks the professional ...
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... least , their affability , seems to depend on the success of their bravura , or the admiration excited by their tinting . Yet a mere display of skill contributes little to the agreeableness of society . However fond we may be of music ...
... least , their affability , seems to depend on the success of their bravura , or the admiration excited by their tinting . Yet a mere display of skill contributes little to the agreeableness of society . However fond we may be of music ...
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... Least of all does it indulge in that raillery which is piquante , only because it is personal ; and which , amuses , in proportion as it annoys . It has a respect for the feelings , and a tender- ness , even for the faults , of others ...
... Least of all does it indulge in that raillery which is piquante , only because it is personal ; and which , amuses , in proportion as it annoys . It has a respect for the feelings , and a tender- ness , even for the faults , of others ...
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... least , they equally need a sedative influence , and religion is the anodyne . For it is religion which , by placing before her a better and more enduring happiness than this world can offer , reconciles her to temporary privations ...
... least , they equally need a sedative influence , and religion is the anodyne . For it is religion which , by placing before her a better and more enduring happiness than this world can offer , reconciles her to temporary privations ...
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