 | 1739 - 346 páginas
...rife and fall above thirty Degrees. About ten Years ago it ftiot up to a very great Height, infomuch that the female Part of our Species were much taller than the Men. The Women were of fuch an enormous Stature, that we appeared as Graft/uppers before them: At prefent the whole Sex is... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 páginas
...a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Within my own memory I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to...stature, that ' we appeared as grasshoppers before them f:' At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed, and shrunk into a race of beauties that seems... | |
 | 1803 - 412 páginas
...a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress: within my own memory I have known it rise and full above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to...stature, that 'we appeared as grasshoppers before them:' At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed and shrunk into a race of beauties that seems... | |
 | 1803 - 466 páginas
...1711. ' Tanta est qurerendi euro decoris. }VV. Sat. vi. 500. So studiously their persons they adorn. years ago it shot up to a very great height, insomuch that the female part of our species were much taJler than the men'. The women were of such an enormous stature, that ' we appeared as grasshoppers... | |
 | 1804 - 676 páginas
...a thing in nature as a lady's head-drcis. Within my own memory, I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to...much taller than the men *. The women were of such an enormou? stature, that ' we appeared as grashoppers before them.' At present the whole sex is in a... | |
 | 1805 - 654 páginas
...nature as a lady's head-dress. VVithin my own memory (adds he) I have known it to rise an j fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to...the men. The women were of such an enormous stature (concludes the Spectator), (bat we appeared as grasshoppers before them.'' or tightness, actually produced... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 366 páginas
...thing in nature as a laity's head-dress. Within my own memory, I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to...stature, that ‘we appeared as grasshoppers before them t:' At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed, and shrunk into a race of beauties that seems... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 462 páginas
...a thing in nature as a lady's headdress. Within my own memory, I have known it rise and tall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to...enormous stature, that we appeared as grasshoppers before them. At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed, and shrunk into a race of beauties that seems... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 468 páginas
...a thing in nature as a lady's headdress. Within my own memory, I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to...enormous stature, that we appeared as grasshoppers before them. At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed, and shrunk into a race of beauties that seems... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 páginas
...degrees. About ten years, ago, it s'fibt un to a very gceat height, insomuch that the female part 01 our species- were much taller than the men. .• The women were of such an enormous stature, thst " we appeared as grasshoppers before them." At •present, the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed,... | |
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have known it rise and fall within thirty degrees. About ten years ago it shot up to a very great height, insomuch that the female part of our species were much taller than the men. The women were of such an enormous stature, that we appeared as grasshoppers... 
