Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical and Historical, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1846 - 295 pages |
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... flowers , and soothe them with soft music and kind flattering speech . ALDA . You laugh at me ! perhaps I deserve it . MEDON . No , in truth ; I am a little amused , but most honestly attentive and perhaps wish I could think more like ...
... flowers , and soothe them with soft music and kind flattering speech . ALDA . You laugh at me ! perhaps I deserve it . MEDON . No , in truth ; I am a little amused , but most honestly attentive and perhaps wish I could think more like ...
Page 66
... is profound , or pointed , or sparkling , or playful — but always feminine ; like spirits distilled from flowers , it always reminds us of its ori- i gin ; it is a volatile essence , sweet as 66 CHARACTERS OF INTELLECT .
... is profound , or pointed , or sparkling , or playful — but always feminine ; like spirits distilled from flowers , it always reminds us of its ori- i gin ; it is a volatile essence , sweet as 66 CHARACTERS OF INTELLECT .
Page 71
... flowers , and fountains , and haunting music . She is full of penetrative wisdom , and genuine tenderness , and lively wit ; but as she has never known want , or grief , or fear , or disappointment , VOL . I. F her wisdom is without a ...
... flowers , and fountains , and haunting music . She is full of penetrative wisdom , and genuine tenderness , and lively wit ; but as she has never known want , or grief , or fear , or disappointment , VOL . I. F her wisdom is without a ...
Page 108
... flowers , which has expanded into bloom and fragrance beneath favouring skies , and has been nursed into beauty by the sunshine and the Idews of heaven . Isabella is like a stately and graceful cedar , towering on some alpine cliff , un ...
... flowers , which has expanded into bloom and fragrance beneath favouring skies , and has been nursed into beauty by the sunshine and the Idews of heaven . Isabella is like a stately and graceful cedar , towering on some alpine cliff , un ...
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... flower of all the field ; - all these mingle into a beautiful picture of youthful , airy , delicate grace , feminine sweetness and patri- cian elegance . And our impression of Juliet's loveliness and sensibility is enhanced , when we ...
... flower of all the field ; - all these mingle into a beautiful picture of youthful , airy , delicate grace , feminine sweetness and patri- cian elegance . And our impression of Juliet's loveliness and sensibility is enhanced , when we ...
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admiration affection ALDA Amleth Angelo Bassanio Beatrice beauty Benedick Bertram bosom breath brother Camiola character charm colours confess COUNTESS death delicacy dignity disguise drama earth eloquence exquisite eyes fair fancy father fear feeling female feminine FERDINAND flowers gentle grace Hamlet hath heart heaven Helena honour horror human imagination impression innocence intellect Isabel Isabella Lady Macbeth less look lord lover Madame de Staël maid marriage MEDON melancholy ment Merchant of Venice mercy mind Miranda moral mother nature never noble nurse o'er Olivia once Ophelia passion Perdita picture pity placed play poetical poetry POLONIUS Portia portrait racter romance Romeo and Juliet Rosalind Roussillon scene Schlegel scorn sense sensibility sentiment Shakspeare Shakspeare's Shylock simplicity sleeping potion soft soul speak spirit sweet temper tenderness thee Thekla things thou thought tion touch truth Twelfth Night vanity vex'd Viola virtue whole woman women word young youth