 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.  Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Síða 74 breytti - 1801Heildartexta - Um bókina
 | William Frederick Van Amringe - 1848 - 852 síður
...the men ; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, and 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 264 síður
...than the men ; that, wherever found, they are the same civil, kind, 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... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 síður
...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 and generous action ; not haughty,... | |
 | 1850 - 772 síður
...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 hospitable or generous actions ; not haughty, arrogant,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 síður
...than the men ; that wherever found, they are the same civil, kind, 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 síður
...than the men ; that wherever found, they are the same civil, kind, 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... | |
 | 1852 - 460 síður
...than the men ; that wherever found, they are the same civil, kind, 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 síður
...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... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 síður
...judgment of the female character is very honorable to the sex. ' 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 that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
 | 1854 - 400 síður
...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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