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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... ladies of this coun- try over those of every other . But such is the state of foreign manners , that the comparative praise is almost an injury to English women . To be flattered for excel- ling those whose standard of excellence is ...
... ladies of this coun- try over those of every other . But such is the state of foreign manners , that the comparative praise is almost an injury to English women . To be flattered for excel- ling those whose standard of excellence is ...
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... ladies , who are often unreasonably confident where they ought to be diffident , are sometimes capriciously diffi- dent just when they ought to feel where their true im . portance lies ; and , feeling , to exert it . To use their ...
... ladies , who are often unreasonably confident where they ought to be diffident , are sometimes capriciously diffi- dent just when they ought to feel where their true im . portance lies ; and , feeling , to exert it . To use their ...
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... ladies , are almost too minute to be pointed out . Yet of the good which right - minded women , anxiously watching these minute occasions , and adroitly seizing them , might ac- complish , we may form some idea by the ill - effects ...
... ladies , are almost too minute to be pointed out . Yet of the good which right - minded women , anxiously watching these minute occasions , and adroitly seizing them , might ac- complish , we may form some idea by the ill - effects ...
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... ladies of ton have certain watch - words , which may be detected as indications of this spirit . The clergy are spoken of under the contemptuous appellation of The Parsons . Some ludicrous association is infallibly combined with every ...
... ladies of ton have certain watch - words , which may be detected as indications of this spirit . The clergy are spoken of under the contemptuous appellation of The Parsons . Some ludicrous association is infallibly combined with every ...
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... ladies who take the lead in so- ciety are loudly called upon to act as the guardians of the public taste as well as of the public virtue . They are called upon therefore , to oppose with the whole weight of their influence , the ...
... ladies who take the lead in so- ciety are loudly called upon to act as the guardians of the public taste as well as of the public virtue . They are called upon therefore , to oppose with the whole weight of their influence , the ...
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Page 4 - I would call on them to come forward, and contribute their full and fair proportion towards the saving of their country. But I would call on them to come forward, without departing from the refinement of their character, without derogating from the dignity of their rank, without blemishing the delicacy of their sex : I would call them to the best and most appropriate exertion of their power, to raise the depressed tone of public morals, and to awaken the drowsy spirit of religious principle.
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