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... women who rely on their beauty alone . But those women who , while they are devoid of beauty are also deficient in temper , and incapa- ble of any exertion to please , are sure of be- ing unhappy in themselves and peculiarly disa ...
... women who rely on their beauty alone . But those women who , while they are devoid of beauty are also deficient in temper , and incapa- ble of any exertion to please , are sure of be- ing unhappy in themselves and peculiarly disa ...
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John Moore rev Francis Prevost. operate on the characters of women , as riches and poverty affect those of mankind ; beauty and riches being apt to lull the mind into indolence ; deformity and poverty to instigate it to exer- tion ...
John Moore rev Francis Prevost. operate on the characters of women , as riches and poverty affect those of mankind ; beauty and riches being apt to lull the mind into indolence ; deformity and poverty to instigate it to exer- tion ...
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... women , than there are of women who behave in that manner through the influence of men , yet the instances of women being led into acts of great wickedness or atrocity through the influence of men are more frequent than of men being ...
... women , than there are of women who behave in that manner through the influence of men , yet the instances of women being led into acts of great wickedness or atrocity through the influence of men are more frequent than of men being ...
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... woman , would you not think it very extraordinary ? - " Cer- tainly ; " replied the other . " Well Sir , but after the fowl has to all intents and purposes be- come a woman , if it still retained the appear- ance of a turkey you must ...
... woman , would you not think it very extraordinary ? - " Cer- tainly ; " replied the other . " Well Sir , but after the fowl has to all intents and purposes be- come a woman , if it still retained the appear- ance of a turkey you must ...
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... woman had more in- fluence on her conduct than the artificial de- portment dictated to her as a queen . However necessary the pomp of etiquette and the frigidity of reserve may be to high - born dulness and in- sipid vanity , they were ...
... woman had more in- fluence on her conduct than the artificial de- portment dictated to her as a queen . However necessary the pomp of etiquette and the frigidity of reserve may be to high - born dulness and in- sipid vanity , they were ...
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Página 230 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 178 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 211 - Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous déplaît pas.
Página 99 - Monsieur, quand on travaille pour ce qu'on aime,' replied the girl. The soldier kissed her hand with a gallant and tender air. ' Allons,' continued the Marquis, addressing himself to me ; ' this girl is quite charming — her lover has the appearance of a brave fellow ; they have but three legs betwixt them, and we have four ; — if you have no objection, they shall have the carriage, and we will follow on foot to the next village, and see what can be done for these lovers.
Página 127 - ... with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
Página 98 - When we had driven a few miles, I perceived a genteel-looking young fellow, dressed in an old uniform. He sat under a tree on the grass, at a little distance from the road, and amused himself by playing on the violin. As we came nearer we perceived he had a wooden leg, part of which lay in fragments by his side. " ' What do you do there, soldier? ' said the Marquis. ' I am on my way home to my own village, mon officier,
Página 126 - And the Woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her whoredom.
Página 178 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossne.ss.
Página 178 - ... that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Página 10 - Moore brought his family from Glasgow to London ; and in the course of the next year appeared the fruits of his travels, in " A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany,