I have observed among all nations, that the women ornament themselves more 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. Encyclopćdia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Síđa 74 breytti - 1801Heildartexta - Um bókina
| 1817 - 610 síđur
...female character is so just, that it cannot be too often repeated. ' I have always remarked,' says he, ' that women in all countries are civil and obliging,...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,... | |
| Thomas Green Fessenden - 1818 - 192 síđur
...principally to the service of the sex. " I have always remarked that women in ail countries are civil, obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not iaughty, arrogant,... | |
| John Leyden, Hugh Murray - 1818 - 598 síđur
...equal credit to his understanding and his heart. " I have always remarked," says he, " that wo" men, in all countries, are civil and obliging, " tender and humane ; that they are ever inclin" ed to be gay and cheerful, timorous and mo" dest; and that they do not hesitate, like men,... | |
| William Burdon - 1820 - 460 síđur
...parts of that country. " I have always remarked," says he, " that women, in all countries, are civil, obliging, tender, and humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
| 1821 - 588 síđur
...been justly remarked by the celebrated Lcdyard, that women, in all countries, are civil and obliging; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. " To a woman, (he observes,)... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 síđur
...character of the fair sex : — " I have always remarked, that women, in all countries, are civil, obliging, tender, and humane; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant... | |
| 206 síđur
...doubly c&tcfm for his sensibility, *' that women In all ronntries arc civil and obliging, tender ami humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do uoi hoitate, like men, (o perform a cencroti* action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 síđur
...human nature, on the benevolence of the female character : — " I have always remarked," says he, " that women, in all countries, are civil and obliging,...and humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay apd cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action.... | |
| Elizabeth Hamilton - 1825 - 252 síđur
...has been advanced. " I have always remarked," says Ledyard, (whose words are repeated by Mr. Park) " that women in all countries are civil and obliging,...ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1828 - 598 síđur
...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 a hospitable or generous action ; not haughty, nor... | |
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