Woman, in Her Social and Domestic CharacterLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839 - 224 páginas |
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... whilst dress and tittle - tattle are discussed upon the sofa , - may not their exclusiveness be , in great measure , attributable to the bad grace with which they are too frequently received ? Might not the dulness of the one , and the ...
... whilst dress and tittle - tattle are discussed upon the sofa , - may not their exclusiveness be , in great measure , attributable to the bad grace with which they are too frequently received ? Might not the dulness of the one , and the ...
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... Whilst a display of skill and strength calls forth a counter array , gentleness , at once , disarms opposition , and wins the day before it is contested . The mind of woman should be cast in a gentle mould . We feel occasionally that ...
... Whilst a display of skill and strength calls forth a counter array , gentleness , at once , disarms opposition , and wins the day before it is contested . The mind of woman should be cast in a gentle mould . We feel occasionally that ...
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... whilst they were strangers to its real influence . - Nothing is more persuasive than feeling ; it has a natural charm to which art can never attain ; and therefore it is , that we feel the connection between elegance and amiability ...
... whilst they were strangers to its real influence . - Nothing is more persuasive than feeling ; it has a natural charm to which art can never attain ; and therefore it is , that we feel the connection between elegance and amiability ...
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... whilst women are expected to kneel at the table . Yet even all this proves the universal im- pression in favour of female piety ; and it is as congenial to the pursuits of woman as to her cha- racter . It gives interest to her duties ...
... whilst women are expected to kneel at the table . Yet even all this proves the universal im- pression in favour of female piety ; and it is as congenial to the pursuits of woman as to her cha- racter . It gives interest to her duties ...
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... whilst it does so , we must beware of allowing the partial reasoning , which would judge of a system merely by the deportment of some who profess to be its disciples . To form a correct estimate of the value of our religion , we must ...
... whilst it does so , we must beware of allowing the partial reasoning , which would judge of a system merely by the deportment of some who profess to be its disciples . To form a correct estimate of the value of our religion , we must ...
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