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... polite world , and studied human nature , not without some success : " Women are only children of a larger growth ; they have an entertaining tattle , and sometimes wit ; but for solid reasoning and sound sense , I never in my life knew ...
... polite world , and studied human nature , not without some success : " Women are only children of a larger growth ; they have an entertaining tattle , and sometimes wit ; but for solid reasoning and sound sense , I never in my life knew ...
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... polite ; polite- ness is a virtue we must , indeed , all exercise to- wards each other ; it is to be cultivated as well as higher branches of justice ; -and good - breed- ing , if the last among the virtues , must not be least observed ...
... polite ; polite- ness is a virtue we must , indeed , all exercise to- wards each other ; it is to be cultivated as well as higher branches of justice ; -and good - breed- ing , if the last among the virtues , must not be least observed ...
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... polite ; poli ness is a virtue we must . wards each other . as higher 1 ing exercise t ated as we good - breed es , must not b no one pain ; the England . - 1441 Thus , it ness , pro- extreme ;. 84 UTILITY OF FASHION .
... polite ; poli ness is a virtue we must . wards each other . as higher 1 ing exercise t ated as we good - breed es , must not b no one pain ; the England . - 1441 Thus , it ness , pro- extreme ;. 84 UTILITY OF FASHION .
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Woman. bish may be shot here ; ' for our day - labourers of polite literature seem to be engaged in little else than wheeling fresh rubbish to the moun- tain's foot - neither adding to the height nor en- larging the prospect . " Is it ...
Woman. bish may be shot here ; ' for our day - labourers of polite literature seem to be engaged in little else than wheeling fresh rubbish to the moun- tain's foot - neither adding to the height nor en- larging the prospect . " Is it ...
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... polite and shapely art of dancing ! This- this is to be the acquaintance of a young En- glishwoman for the last six or dozen months of her probation - this , her grand , last , and most perfect of models . ( 1 ) But , above all , what a ...
... polite and shapely art of dancing ! This- this is to be the acquaintance of a young En- glishwoman for the last six or dozen months of her probation - this , her grand , last , and most perfect of models . ( 1 ) But , above all , what a ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adam Smith admiration Æneid affections amusement Aristotle beauty become better Blackwood's Magazine Bulwer's England caprice CHAPTER character charm Cicero consequence contempt control-I crea creature custom dance Dido dress effeminacy elegance especially ÉTan Euripides evil excellence eyes fair fancy fashion favour feel femmes fiction folly fool frivolity gallantry genius give glish habits happiness heart honour human nature humours idle Iliad imagination incubus indulgence influence intellectual Italian language labourer ladies lence less live look Lord Byron Madame de Staël manners marriage married mischief mistress mode Montesquieu moral ness never NOTES.-CHAPTER observed once passion peculiar perhaps persons pleasure polite possession pretend pride prime end principle racter reader reason refinement ridiculous says scarcely sense sentiment sinti smile social society spetse sphere taste things tion true truth ture vanity virtue vulgar whole wife woman women word writers
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 62 - I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Seite 203 - Unargued I obey : so God ordains ; God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Seite 251 - With shining ringlets the smooth ivory neck. Love in these labyrinths his slaves detains, And mighty hearts are held in slender chains. With hairy springes we the birds betray, Slight lines of hair surprise the finny prey, Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Seite 37 - Childe Harold had a mother - not forgot, Though parting from that mother he did shun; A sister whom he loved, but saw her not Before his weary pilgrimage begun: If friends he had, he bade adieu to none.
Seite 71 - There is no point of the compass to which they cannot turn, and by which they are not turned; and by one as well as another; for motion not method is their occupation. To know this, and yet continue to be in love, is to be made wise from the dictates of reason, and yet persevere...
Seite 259 - I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i
Seite 137 - Elles tireront aussi diverses commoditez de l'histoire. En la philosophie, de la part qui sert à la vie, elles prendront les discours qui les dressent à juger de nos humeurs et conditions, à se deffendre de nos trahisons, à...
Seite 208 - A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of each other. Such," says Rasselas, "is the common process of marriage.
Seite 4 - Among men, you see the ninety-and-nine, toiling and scraping together a heap of superfluities for one (and this one too, oftentimes the feeblest and worst...
Seite 111 - English stage ; for there is no question but our great grand-children will be very curious to know the reason why their forefathers used to sit together like an audience of foreigners in their own country, and to hear whole plays acted before them in a tongue which they did not understand.