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" ... more liable in general to err than man, but in general, also, more virtuous, and performing more good... "
The Prosaic Garland: Consisting of Upwards of Two-hundred Pieces Selected ... - Page 51
by John Evans - 1807 - 260 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 38

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 636 pages
...than the men ; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like man, to perform an hospitable or generous action ; not haughty, nor arrogant,...
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The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Volume 2

1810 - 492 pages
...observer of manners, "that women, in all countries,are civil, obliging, tender, and humane: that they are inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not, like man, hesitate to perform a generous action. Not haughty, arrogant, or supercilious, they are full...
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American Lady's Preceptor: A Compilation of Observations, Essays, and ...

Women - 1811 - 386 pages
...been reminded by these reflections. In the travels of Ledyard, thjs celebrated traveller says, he has "always remarked that women in all countries, are...like men, to perform a kind or generous action. "Not haughty, not arrogant, not supercilious; they are full of courtesy, and fond of society. More liable...
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The guide to domestic happiness [by W. Giles].

William Giles - Marriage - 1811 - 268 pages
...always remarked, says that accurate observer of mankind, that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined...timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like man, to perform a generous action. • Not haughty, not arrogant, not supercilious ; they are full...
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Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education, Volume 1

Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1813 - 556 pages
...remarked," says Ledyard, (whose words are repeated by Mr- Park) " that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, i morons and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 17

English literature - 1817 - 592 pages
...often repeated. • ' I have always remarked," says he, ' that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined...that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant, not supercilious, they are fond of courtesy, and fond of...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 72

1817 - 646 pages
...remarked, that woMten, in all countries, arc civil, obliging, tender, and humane; that they are in. dined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, nor arrogant, nor supercilious, they are full of courtesy, and fond of...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 17

English literature - 1817 - 610 pages
...too often repeated. ' I have always remarked,' says he, ' that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and thai they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant, not supercilious,...
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Analectic Magazine: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography ..., Volume 10

1817 - 482 pages
...following admirable portrait of benevolence in the fair-sex:— " I have always remarked, that woman in all countries, are civil, obliging, tender, and humane; that they are inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform...
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The Ladies Monitor: A Poem

Thomas Green Fessenden - American poetry - 1818 - 192 pages
...in a work devoted principally to the service of the sex. " I have always remarked that women in ail countries are civil, obliging, tender and humane ;...that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not iaughty, arrogant, nor supercilious, they are all full of courtesy, and fond of...
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