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...beauty of expression, is among the very finest things that any man ever wrote of the other sex : — " A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with...creature without comparison : her society is the emblem ot sublimer enjoyments ; her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly ; she is all softness...

...Projects," a college for the higher education of women, because-" a woman, .well-bred and well-taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge...and behaviour, is a creature without comparison." Now let us compare Mary, the outcome of our higher education, with Defoe's anticipations. Mary is well-grown,...

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...taught the proper management of her natural wit; she proves generally very sensible and retentive. A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with...creature without comparison. Her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments, her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly. She is all softness and...

...creature), to whom he gave the best gift either God could bestow or man receive; and it is the most sordid piece of folly and ingratitude in the world to withhold...with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behavior, is a creature without comparison; her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments; her person...

...chaplains. His plea for the education of women is Victorian in its ideas. He says,— It is the sordidest piece of Folly and Ingratitude in the World, to withhold...Sex the due Lustre which the advantages of Education gives to the natural beauty of their minds. And then lie gives us one of those beautiful passages which...

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...creature), to whom he gave the best gift either God could bestow or man receive; and it is the most sordid piece of folly and ingratitude in the world to withhold...with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behavior, is a creature without comparison; her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments; her person...

...some degree influence them, but the main distinguishing part is their breeding, which is education. "A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behavior, is a creature without comparison; her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments; of peace,...