I have observed among all nations, that the women ornament themselves more than the men ; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. The Scots Magazine - Seite 2311790Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Giles - 1811 - 268 Seiten
...always remarked, says that accurate observer of mankind, that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like man, to perform a generous action. • Not haughty, not... | |
| Elizabeth Hamilton - 1813 - 556 Seiten
...remarked," says Ledyard, (whose words are repeated by Mr- Park) " that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, i morons and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty,... | |
| 1817 - 610 Seiten
...too often repeated. ' I have always remarked,' says he, ' that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and thai they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
| 1817 - 592 Seiten
...often repeated. • ' I have always remarked," says he, ' that women in all countries are civil and obliging, tender and humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
| 1817 - 482 Seiten
...following admirable portrait of benevolence in the fair-sex:— " I have always remarked, that woman in all countries, are civil, obliging, tender, and humane; that they are inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform... | |
| Thomas Green Fessenden - 1818 - 192 Seiten
...in a work devoted principally to the service of the sex. " I have always remarked that women in ail countries are civil, obliging, tender and humane ;...ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not iaughty, arrogant,... | |
| William Burdon - 1820 - 460 Seiten
...African society for discovering the interior parts of that country. " I have always remarked," says he, " that women, in all countries, are civil, obliging,...ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
| 1821 - 588 Seiten
...been justly remarked by the celebrated Lcdyard, that women, in all countries, are civil and obliging; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. " To a woman, (he observes,)... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 Seiten
...than we. Ledyard, the famous traveller, gives the following just character of the fair sex : — " I have always remarked, that women, in all countries,...ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant... | |
| 206 Seiten
...doubly c&tcfm for his sensibility, *' that women In all ronntries arc civil and obliging, tender ami humane ; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do uoi hoitate, like men, (o perform a cencroti* action. Not haughty, not arrogant,... | |
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