Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune, Bind 2T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1799 - 327 sider |
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Side 3
... fet them on defpifing the duties of ordinary life . There have not indeed been wanting ( but the character is not now common ) precieuses $ B 2 precieufes ridicules , who , affuming a fupe riority to FEMALE KNOWLEDGE . 3.
... fet them on defpifing the duties of ordinary life . There have not indeed been wanting ( but the character is not now common ) precieuses $ B 2 precieufes ridicules , who , affuming a fupe riority to FEMALE KNOWLEDGE . 3.
Side 4
... duties ; whereas it is only meant the more eminently to qualify her for the performance of them . For a woman of real fenfe will never forget , that while the greater part of her appro- priate duties are fuch as the most mode- rately ...
... duties ; whereas it is only meant the more eminently to qualify her for the performance of them . For a woman of real fenfe will never forget , that while the greater part of her appro- priate duties are fuch as the most mode- rately ...
Side 7
... duties because she is a genius , will perhaps be found often to accufe her- felf as unjustly as good St. Jerome , when he laments that he was beaten by the Angel for being too Ciceronian in his style * . But the truth is , women who are ...
... duties because she is a genius , will perhaps be found often to accufe her- felf as unjustly as good St. Jerome , when he laments that he was beaten by the Angel for being too Ciceronian in his style * . But the truth is , women who are ...
Side 8
... duties and the knowledge of common life . A romantic girl with a pretenfion to fentiment , which her ftill more ignorant friends mistake for genius , ( for in the empire of the blind the one - eyed are , kings , ) and poffeffing ...
... duties and the knowledge of common life . A romantic girl with a pretenfion to fentiment , which her ftill more ignorant friends mistake for genius , ( for in the empire of the blind the one - eyed are , kings , ) and poffeffing ...
Side 12
... duties , just as exer- cife is to be confidered as an inftrument for ftrengthening the body for the fame end . And the valetudinarian who is religiously punctual in the obfervance of his daily rides to promote his health , and refts in ...
... duties , just as exer- cife is to be confidered as an inftrument for ftrengthening the body for the fame end . And the valetudinarian who is religiously punctual in the obfervance of his daily rides to promote his health , and refts in ...
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