Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical and Historical, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1846 - 295 pages |
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Page 15
... sensibility , and too much of that faculty which some philosophers call veneration , to be naturally sa- tirical . I have known but one woman eminently gifted in mind and person , who is also distin- guished for powers of satire as bold ...
... sensibility , and too much of that faculty which some philosophers call veneration , to be naturally sa- tirical . I have known but one woman eminently gifted in mind and person , who is also distin- guished for powers of satire as bold ...
Page 35
... sensibility , and reflection . The vulgar in manner , is the result of vulgarity of character ; it is grossness , hard- ness , or affectation . If you would see how Shakspeare has discriminated , not only different degrees , but ...
... sensibility , and reflection . The vulgar in manner , is the result of vulgarity of character ; it is grossness , hard- ness , or affectation . If you would see how Shakspeare has discriminated , not only different degrees , but ...
Page 37
... sensibility , and fancy regulated by strong reflection . It is objected to her , to Beatrice , and others of Shakspeare's women , that the display of intellect is tinged with a coarseness of manner belonging to the age in which he wrote ...
... sensibility , and fancy regulated by strong reflection . It is objected to her , to Beatrice , and others of Shakspeare's women , that the display of intellect is tinged with a coarseness of manner belonging to the age in which he wrote ...
Page 55
... through our vanity or our strength . A woman's heroism is always the excess of sensibility . Do you remember Lady Fanshawe putting on a sailor's jacket , and his " blue thrum cap , " and standing at her INTRODUCTION . 55.
... through our vanity or our strength . A woman's heroism is always the excess of sensibility . Do you remember Lady Fanshawe putting on a sailor's jacket , and his " blue thrum cap , " and standing at her INTRODUCTION . 55.
Page 66
... sensibility . The wit which is lavished on each 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 ...
... sensibility . The wit which is lavished on each 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 ...
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