Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical and Historical, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1846 - 295 pages |
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Page 45
... ; and matrons of forty , who , when the passions should be tame and wait upon the judg- ment , amaze the world and put us to confusion with their doings . MEDON . Or turn politicians to vary the excitement.- How INTRODUCTION . 45.
... ; and matrons of forty , who , when the passions should be tame and wait upon the judg- ment , amaze the world and put us to confusion with their doings . MEDON . Or turn politicians to vary the excitement.- How INTRODUCTION . 45.
Page 48
... ment . Indeed I do , when I can get any one to listen to me ; but I prefer listening . As for the evil you complain of , impute it to that imperfect education which at once cultivates and enslaves the intellect , and loads the memory ...
... ment . Indeed I do , when I can get any one to listen to me ; but I prefer listening . As for the evil you complain of , impute it to that imperfect education which at once cultivates and enslaves the intellect , and loads the memory ...
Page 71
... ment , her decision of purpose , and her buoyancy of spirit . These are innate ; she has other dis- tinguishing qualities more external , and which are the result of the circumstances in which she is placed . Thus she is the heiress of ...
... ment , her decision of purpose , and her buoyancy of spirit . These are innate ; she has other dis- tinguishing qualities more external , and which are the result of the circumstances in which she is placed . Thus she is the heiress of ...
Page 73
... ment . From the four quarters of the earth they come To kiss this shrine , this mortal breathing saint . The Hyrcanian desert , and the vasty wilds Of wide Arabia , are as thoroughfares now , For princes to come view fair Portia ; The ...
... ment . From the four quarters of the earth they come To kiss this shrine , this mortal breathing saint . The Hyrcanian desert , and the vasty wilds Of wide Arabia , are as thoroughfares now , For princes to come view fair Portia ; The ...
Page 84
... ment on the possibility of disappointment and misery . Let music sound while he doth make his choice ; Then if he lose , he makes a swan - like end , Fading in music : that the comparison May stand more proper , my eye shall be the ...
... ment on the possibility of disappointment and misery . Let music sound while he doth make his choice ; Then if he lose , he makes a swan - like end , Fading in music : that the comparison May stand more proper , my eye shall be the ...
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