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
| Simon Kerl - 1868 - 396 síđur
...an heredtary warfare with the followers of Mahomet." — Bancroft. '"I have always,' says Ledyard, 'remarked that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humans; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do... | |
| Simon Kerl - 1868 - 178 síđur
...eents. " I have always," says Ledyard, " remarked that women in all countries are civil ai4 obliging ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and mtldest ; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action." * If tbou art a child,... | |
| William Anderson (D.D.) - 1870 - 392 síđur
...than the men ; that whereever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest." The adventurous traveller further remarks, " I never addressed myself in the language of decency... | |
| Thomas Louis Haines, Levi W. Yaggy - 1881 - 670 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 a man, to perform any hospitable or generous action; not haughty... | |
| Horace Lorenzo Hastings - 1882 - 392 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, generous action ; are not haughty,... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 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... | |
| Robert Brown - 1892 - 362 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 a man, to perform a hospitable or generous action ; not haughty,... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 síđur
...than the men ; that, wherever found, they arc 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... | |
| David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 578 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 naughty, nor... | |
| David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 566 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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