 ... some more softness of disposition, some greater lenity of temper, some of those amiable weaknesses by which her sex is distinguished. But the true method of estimating her merit...  the monthly review - Page 411by SEVERAL HANDS - 1759Full view - About this book
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority, and entrusted with 4 the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife ; 5 but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object of undisputed... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 pages
...merely as a rational being placed in authority, and entrusted with 10 the government of mankind.11 We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife ; 12 but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions,13 are the object of... | |
 | 1864 - 610 pages
...but the true method of estimating her merit is to lay aside all these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority,...difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the objects... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...But the true method of estimating her merit is to lay aside all these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being, placed in authority,...difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority, and intrusted with the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object of undisputed... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...But the true method of estimating her merit is to lay aside all these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being, placed in authority,...difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or mistress; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1867 - 448 pages
...But the true method of estimating her merit is to lay iiside all these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority,...difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...But the true method of estimating her merit is to lay aside all these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being, placed in authority,...difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 pages
...merely as a rational being, placed in authority, and intrusted with the government of mankind. AVe may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a woman; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object of... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority, and intrusted with the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
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