The Works of Hannah More, Volumen3Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... learning which would be thought extensive in the other sex , set an example of deep humility to their own ; women who , distinguished for wit and ge- nius , are eminent for domestic qualities ; who , excel- ling in the fine arts , have ...
... learning which would be thought extensive in the other sex , set an example of deep humility to their own ; women who , distinguished for wit and ge- nius , are eminent for domestic qualities ; who , excel- ling in the fine arts , have ...
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... learning from our indefatigable teachers , to consider this Christian rite as a legal ceremony retained for the sole purpose of recording the age of our children ; —then , indeed , the prevailing system of education and manners on which ...
... learning from our indefatigable teachers , to consider this Christian rite as a legal ceremony retained for the sole purpose of recording the age of our children ; —then , indeed , the prevailing system of education and manners on which ...
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... learning , for luckily the infidel is not seldom ignorant ; it is not invective , for we leave so coarse an engine to the hands of the vulgar ; it is not evidence , for happily we have that all on our side it is ridicule , the most ...
... learning , for luckily the infidel is not seldom ignorant ; it is not invective , for we leave so coarse an engine to the hands of the vulgar ; it is not evidence , for happily we have that all on our side it is ridicule , the most ...
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... learning lan- guages is , not that we may know what the terms which express the articles of our dress and our table are called in French or Italian ; nor that we may think over a few ordinary phrases in English , and then translate them ...
... learning lan- guages is , not that we may know what the terms which express the articles of our dress and our table are called in French or Italian ; nor that we may think over a few ordinary phrases in English , and then translate them ...
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... learning to dance was , that she might know how to sit still grace- fully ; what would even the pagan historian * of the great Roman conspirator , who could commemorate it among the defects of his hero's accomplished mistress , " that ...
... learning to dance was , that she might know how to sit still grace- fully ; what would even the pagan historian * of the great Roman conspirator , who could commemorate it among the defects of his hero's accomplished mistress , " that ...
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