| 1852 - 978 Seiten
...Mungo Park, we find a full confirmation of the truths which the poet thus expressed. He says : — " To a woman I never addressed myself in the language...decency and friendship without receiving a decent answer. If I was hungry or thirsty, wet or sick, they did not hesitate, like men, to perform a genuine... | |
| John Aikin - 1852 - 792 Seiten
...thine heart is rent. Till thou canst feel thy bosom glow. And say, " My Saviour, 1 repent !" WOMAN: " d flaunting bowers, And from thy clouds draws balmy showers, He with fresh arrows fills thy quiver do cent and friendly answer. If I was hungry or thirsty, wet or sick, they did not hesitate, like men,... | |
| James Anderson - 1853 - 526 Seiten
...generosity and humanity of woman, which is borne by a celebrated traveller :f " To a woman," says he, " I never addressed myself, in the language of decency...thirsty, wet or sick, they did not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. In so free and kind a manner did they contribute to my relief, that,... | |
| Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 Seiten
...more virtuous, and performing more good actions than he. To a woman, whether civilized or savage, 1 never addressed myself, in the language of decency...friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark,... | |
| Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 Seiten
...also more virtuous, and performing more good actions than he. To a woman, whether civilised or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency...friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man, it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark,... | |
| J. Watts Lethbridge - 1856 - 224 Seiten
...that women in all countries are civil, obliging, tender, and humane; I never addressed myself to them in the language of decency and friendship without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man, it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 226 Seiten
...also, more virtuous, and perform ing more good actions. 8. " To a woman, whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency...friendship without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 Seiten
...general, also more virtuous, and performing more good actions. To a woman, whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency...friendship without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With men it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark,... | |
| Robert Maxwell Macbrair - 1861 - 470 Seiten
...wretchedness, I found them uniformly kind and compassionate. And I can truly say, as my predecessor Mr. Ledyard has eloquently said before me, 'To a woman,...hungry or thirsty, wet, or sick, they did not hesitate to perform a generous action. In so free and so kind a manner did they contribute to my relief ; that... | |
| Robert Maxwell Macbrair - 1861 - 496 Seiten
...wretchedness, I found them uniformly kind and compassionate. And I can truly say, as my predecessor Mr. Ledyard has eloquently said before me, 'To a woman,...hungry or thirsty, wet, or sick, they did not hesitate to perform a generous action. In so free and so kind a manner did they contribute to my relief ; that... | |
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