Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune, Volumes 1-2Samuel West, 1809 - Women |
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... piety , injures the cause more than he who attacked it ; for she proves , either that she does not be- lieve what she professes , or that she does not reverence what fear compels her to believe . But this is not all : she is called on ...
... piety , injures the cause more than he who attacked it ; for she proves , either that she does not be- lieve what she professes , or that she does not reverence what fear compels her to believe . But this is not all : she is called on ...
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... piety in young persons of fashion . A cold pleasantry , a tem- porary cant word , the jargon of the day ( for the great vulgar " have their jargon ) blights the first promise of seriousness . The ladies of ton have certain watch - words ...
... piety in young persons of fashion . A cold pleasantry , a tem- porary cant word , the jargon of the day ( for the great vulgar " have their jargon ) blights the first promise of seriousness . The ladies of ton have certain watch - words ...
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... piety than to true taste . An age which values itself on parody , bur- lesque , irony , and caricature , produces little that is sub- lime , either in genius or in virtue ; but they amuse , and we live in an age which must be amused ...
... piety than to true taste . An age which values itself on parody , bur- lesque , irony , and caricature , produces little that is sub- lime , either in genius or in virtue ; but they amuse , and we live in an age which must be amused ...
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... in sentiment , and of ardour in piety , the exuberancies of which were then so inconvenient , are now sunk as unrea- Swift's " Tale of a Tub . " sonably low . That revolution of manners which the unparalleled OF INFLUENCE . 23.
... in sentiment , and of ardour in piety , the exuberancies of which were then so inconvenient , are now sunk as unrea- Swift's " Tale of a Tub . " sonably low . That revolution of manners which the unparalleled OF INFLUENCE . 23.
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... piety and some of the noblest virtues into contempt , by studiously associating them with oddity , childish simplic ity , and ignorance of the world : and unnecessary pains have been taken to extinguish that zeal and ardour , which ...
... piety and some of the noblest virtues into contempt , by studiously associating them with oddity , childish simplic ity , and ignorance of the world : and unnecessary pains have been taken to extinguish that zeal and ardour , which ...
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Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, with a View ..., Volume 2 Hannah More No preview available - 2015 |
Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, with a View ..., Volume 2 Hannah More No preview available - 2015 |
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